News in Hadleigh

Local film and historian students, 17 year olds Harrison Drane and Alfie Cutts, have recently created a short documentary about Suffolks history called: "Silly Suffolk."

The documentary was created as part of a college project and has since been uploaded to YouTube.

Parents of children born in the Hadleigh area this year can have a tree planted in their name in the woods at Broom Hill, or in their own garden.

The offer is part of the Tree for Life scheme in Babergh which offers a free tree for new parents, and is now open for 2021 applications.

Saturday's riddle

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

I do love reading Rowland Taylor's Ghost: the spectre is a very entertaining and eloquent wordsmith. I just wish his numeracy and fact-checking were up to the same standard.

His recent assessment of the state of the Babergh administration and the reasons for the changes in the number of Conservative councillors are way off the mark. Firstly, there were 28 (out of 43) councillors in my group when I first became leader in January 2018.

UPDATED: Suffolk Police have thanked the public after a missing 72-year-old Hadleigh man was found safe and well.

Mike Wren was last seen at approximately 4.45pm yesterday, Thursday 28 October, but he was subsequently found in the town.

Babergh's children, including those from Hadleigh, continue to benefit from fun activities during the school holidays, including family park cookery sessions, which cabinet member for communities Cllr Derek Davis visited today.

The council has partnered with Abbeycroft Leisure and Explore Outdoor to offer the outdoor cooking masterclasses to families in need during the October half-term – cementing its commitment to reducing health inequalities, as set out in its recently adopted Wellbeing Strategy.

The number of Hadleigh couples cheating on each other has increased in a year, according to data from an online dating site.

IllicitEncounters, a dating website for married people looking to have an affair, has revealed that adultery in the market town had gone up to 458 cheats, from 429 last year.

Visiting at Ipswich and West Suffolk hospitals will be suspended for three weeks from Wednesday, 27 October.

This is due to the high number of Covid-19 infections in the community, including Hadleigh, other ares of Babergh and Ipswich in particular, and the increasing number of patients with Covid-19 in both Ipswich and West Suffolk hospitals.

Councillors have agreed to spend £2,200 on polling cards ahead of an election to fill the two vacancies in Hadleigh (South) ward.

It was agreed by members at last Thursday's full council meeting to issue polling cards to all those eligible to vote if more than two nominees were put forward for the election, on Thursday, December 2.

Friday's fun fact

Did you know that Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits?