Lowestoft

Latitude Festival 2023: Early arrivals ahead of rail strikes

Traffic is currently building around Henham Park in Suffolk, with the campervan area open as of 10am this morning (July 19).
The general and family campsites will then open at 2pm this afternoon.
Access on Wednesday will be to the campsites and camperv…

to run additional trains for Arctic Monkeys concert in …

Greater Anglia will run extra late evening trains so music fans attending the Arctic Monkeys gig at Carrow Road in Norwich can travel to the event by rail.
Arctic Monkeys are playing at the venue on Wednesday 7 June.
After the concert, the following se…

Blue Mermaid barge carries cargo of beer on Blackwater

We are so used to seeing them sailing back and forth to the Hythe with paying passengers on board, we can forget that they were never built with that purpose in mind.
They were, instead, designed as bulk cargo carriers – the equivalent of a river versi…

Climate map shows which Suffolk landmarks could be underwater …

As a coastal county, it’s no secret that Suffolk is particularly susceptible to the effects of rising sea levels. Parts of our 50-mile-long coastline, such as Covehithe and Orford Ness, have felt the brunt of coastal erosion in recent years and sadly t…

Burglaries in Lowestoft

Police are appealing for witnesses or information after a number of burglaries from business premises in the Lowestoft area.
The first incident took place overnight on Friday 17 March at a shop on Famona Road in Lowestoft. Sometime between 5:15pm on Fr…