THREE performances of a much-anticipated show at Beccles Public Hall had to be cancelled last week when the son of one of the lead roles suddenly developed a heart condition.

03 July 2009 08:00

A PICTURESQUE country hotel which closed earlier this year began a new chapter when it reopened yesterday under the Adnams banner. The Southwold-based brewer and hotelier has signed up to run Fritton House on the Somerleyton estate..

03 July 2009 08:00

GOSFORD Heights, a 1960s grain silo that has been transformed into 25 flats and an elegant Beccles landmark, has scooped this year's Dr Nicholson Award..

03 July 2009 08:00

A POST-rock band renowned for their downbeat, but epic music will be revealing their lighter side at the Latitude Festival. The band's first album, Elegies to Lessons Learnt, is a brooding, epic form of post-rock that intertwines haunting keyboards with deep baritone vocals and lyrics based on tragic historical events..

03 July 2009 08:00

HE has lived there since he was a toddler, but now Oliver Ranken is preparing to say goodbye to the only home he has ever known. His mother Eleanor bought number 10, Market Place, Halesworth, with a female friend in 1946 and the pair ran a school from the large, historic building in the town centre..

03 July 2009 08:00

THE shortlist for the third annual Pride in the Community Awards has been drawn up. Five independent judges met on Friday with the unenviable task of picking three nominees per category, who have all been invited to the prestigious ceremony on Tuesday..