The Latest Breaking News from Ipswich

Mother-of-two killed defending home was ‘glue to our family’, says husband

Two 17-year-old boys have been charged with the murder of Emma Lovell, originally from Ipswich in Suffolk, at her home in Australia.

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

The night Ipswich CBD lost its department-store heartbeat through a massive fire

In August 1985 Ipswich suffered one of its greatest losses when a fire ripped through department store Reids. It was a blow that the city's CBD has struggled to recover from.

ABC News · Dec 25, 2022

Dare to get hero's farewell in Queensland

A Queensland grandfather gunned down in a siege at Wieambilla last week will be remembered as a hero and a man for others at his funeral service.

AAP · Dec 22, 2022

BOM issues storm warnings for Gold Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich and other parts of south-east Queensland

The Bureau of Meteorology issues an alert for damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall for Ipswich, Logan, Gold Coast, Redland City and Brisbane City.

ABC News · Nov 28, 2022

Salt-flats and autumn sun: a car-free break on Suffolk’s Shotley peninsula

Our special feature on trips with no driving starts with a train, bus and walking of the salty wilderness of southern SuffolkFive more car-free UK trips

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022

Sizewell C nuclear power plant ‘under review’

The new reactor, located some 30 miles north-east of Ipswich, was expected to be built by energy firm EDF.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Qld council wants police report on bones

Ipswich Council says it wants to stand by the First Nations people in rejecting a development near a former Aboriginal mission where bones have been found.

AAP · Oct 28, 2022

First Nations people hold cultural ceremony at Deebing Creek development site in bid to stop clearing of land

A group of First Nations people and supporters hold a cultural ceremony at Deebing Creek near Ipswich in a bid to disrupt bulldozers clearing land for a proposed development.

ABC News · Oct 28, 2022

Britain’s next UFC champion? Arnold Allen prepares for ‘dangerous’ first main event

Interview: The Ipswich featherweight faces Calvin Kattar on Saturday as each man eyes a title shot

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Rents are still soaring in south-east Queensland, is buying becoming a cheaper option?

The latest property data from research firm CoreLogic reveals Brisbane has recorded a 3.8 per cent quarterly rise in housing rents, the highest rise of any Australian capital city.

ABC News · Oct 14, 2022