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Joao Santos

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Joao Santos, Local Democracy Reporter

    Councillors secure grilling session on decision to take Government to court over reforms (opens the original)

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    County councillors have secured a grilling session on the decision to take the Government to court over reforms to local authorities. Suffolk County Council's scrutiny committee narrowly agreed earlier today that Cllr Michael Hadwen, the authority's leader, will need to face questions about his decision to launch a judicial review on June 18, which his cabinet formalised later that month. The legal challenge sought to reverse the Government's plans to scrap local councils and set up three unitar

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Joao Santos

    Barnham protest arrest sparks assault probe after man pulled down flags (opens the original)

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    A man arrested for pulling down protest flags amid tensions around proposed asylum housing in a Suffolk village has reported he was assaulted prior to being detained for nine hours. The man, who asked to remain anonymous due to safety concerns, said he snapped five garden cane flags and pulled down a sign pinned to the fence at RAF Barnham, near Bury St Edmunds, on September 27. Suffolk Police is looking into the alleged assault. The military base has been the regular meeting point for protester

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Joao Santos, Local Democracy Reporter

    NHS board hopes £1.3m investment will keep thousands out of A&E (opens the original)

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    An NHS board has approved a £1.3million boost to a service aiming to keep thousands in Suffolk and Norfolk out of hospital. The investment was approved at a meeting of the newly-established Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board (ICB) last week as a way to reduce pressure on NHS services. It will expand the Unscheduled Care Co-ordination Hub (UCCH) service, which allows residents who call 999 and 101 with non-life-threatening issues to be cared for at home. Richard Watson, the ICB's executiv

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Joao Santos

    Former maths teacher who was three times legal limit faces misconduct hearing (opens the original)

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    A teacher who was convicted of driving while more than three times the legal limit for alcohol is facing a misconduct hearing. Joseph Amankwah was a mathematics teacher at Castle Manor Academy, in Haverhill, at the time of his conviction on July 15, 2022. A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel heard the teacher was caught driving while having 128 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, more than three times the 35-microgram legal limit. He is also facing allegations he resisted ar

  5. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Joao Santos

    Ex headteacher who fell ‘significantly short’ of standards could face lifetime ban (opens the original)

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    A former headteacher fell ‘significantly short’ of safeguarding standards, a misconduct panel has found. The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel reached its conclusion in Shaun Valentine’s case on Friday after hearing several witnesses about allegations dating from 2020 to 2023 in a misconduct hearing. Mr Valentine, who qualified as a teacher in 1993, was the headteacher and designated safeguarding lead at St Edmundsbury CEVA Primary School when the conduct took place. He also served as headt

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