Vikki Irwin
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Neet toolkit being rolled out across Suffolk primary schools (opens the original)
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A new toolkit that aims to identify if a 10-year-old is at risk of becoming a Neet (not in education, employment or training) at 16 is being rolled out to all Suffolk primary schools. The Risk of Neet Indicator (Roni) is available from the Department for Education for secondary schools, but has been refined by Suffolk County Council and the NHS for younger pupils. The NHS's Helen Bowles said they wanted to identify children at risk "earlier", so they could support them and their families. Maria
Lowestoft food bank says usage dropping as support work improves (opens the original)
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A food bank has gone from handing out about 18,000 food parcels in 2023 to 5,000 in 2025. The Rob Clarke Community Trust (RCCT), which runs a food bank in the Suffolk port and seaside town of Lowestoft, says its usage figures paint an interesting picture. It works with the national anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust, which has confirmed the figures, adding that usage had gone down at all three food banks it supports in Suffolk - the others being in Haverhill and elsewhere in the Waveney Valley.
MP calls for transparency over Mildenhall drone factory protection (opens the original)
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An MP has called on the government to be "as transparent as they can be" about protection for drone factories in the UK. It comes after Russian former deputy foreign minister Andrei Fedorov told BBC Newsnight there might be a "semi-military" response against UK drone factories by "unknown sources" after the UK government shared blueprints for cruise missile components with Ukraine. Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy represents Mildenhall which is home to a new Ukrainian-owned factory, which c
Suffolk MP Patrick Spencer was 'bit of a pest', trial hears (opens the original)
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A woman said she never gave an MP consent to touch her breasts at London's Groucho Club and described him as a "bit of a pest". Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, is accused of coming up behind two different women and putting his arms around them before touching their breasts on a night out in August 2023. One of the victims gave evidence during his trial at Southwark Crown Court and said he had insisted she have a drink despite her saying no before he touched her. Spence
Suffolk MP Patrick Spencer groped women's breasts, trial hears (opens the original)
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An MP intentionally groped the breasts of two women at London's Groucho Club without their consent, a court has heard. Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, is accused of drunkenly coming up behind the women and putting his arms around them during a night out in August 2023. Southwark Crown Court heard that neither of the women had met Spencer before and described him as being intoxicated before he came behind them and touched their breasts. Spencer, who lives in Suffolk and
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