earlier nearthec

♫ constellation (with a small c) is a very special intimate concert series by Pop Chorus who are choirs from seven towns around near the coast.  This Friday at Halesworth Cut and Saturday at St Joseph;s School Chapel Ipswich.

Tomorrow Suffolk raconteur Charlie Haylock at Chapel Hall Arts Fressingfield.

 JOB  East of England Co-op are recruiting a Deployment Assistant working overnight to deliver the instalment of Electronic Self Edge Labels ... no CV needed.

Tomorrow afternoon farm trail and best turkey photo comp at Whitehouse Farm Cratfield.

We're pleased to find that the Marlesford Community Centre is in what was the school in Church Road nearby the T junction with the New and Hall Roads.  Tomorrow week it hosts an Arts and Crafts Fair, more info from

Monday evening there was a failed but damaging attempt to force a barn door in Stump Street Pettistree.  Any info you can call 101 crime ref 37/58891/24.

Unsurprisingly the district council manages to be a little confusing about historic future bin collections, certainly the two week waste cycle is becoming three week and there will be at least one extra bin ... where's the food waste going?

Jeep Day at the Debach Airfield Museum this Sunday and the last chance to visit before the winter shut down.  Having said that the Sunday after 6 October is Black Dog Antiques' flea market on the runway.

Second-Hand September at the Pettistree Three Tuns today and tomorrow.

The 27th Ride and Stride returns Saturday.

Sunday fortnight the last stage of the 2024 Tour of Britain Lowestoft-Felixstowe will pass through near the coast, signs have appeared in Framlingham.  Riders listed to start include Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and our personal favourite the very entertaining Julian Alaphilippe.

Circus Cortex (can't help but think of them as Circus Gortex) are running there Golden Age show at Stonham Barns from tonight until Monday.

An Aldringham Lane Aldringham shed was broken into last week and several hand tools stolen.  Security advice for sheds and if you any info call 101 quoting 37/62173/24.

In the manner of bike races last Sunday the Tour of Britain flashed past through near the coast. 

Grateful thanks to the Sudbourne Park Printmakers for very welcome coffees.

The Butley Mills Studios show Under The Surface starts today with a walk and talk Saturday week.

The Sudbourne Park Printmakers move out of their studios to show in Aldeburgh with ♫live jazz♫ and drinks this Friday and cake Sunday.

♫ This Sunday in St Mary's Cratfield the Meliora Collective septet (seven of the ten players) performing in the summer season of chamber concerts.

The Dunwich Dynamo passing through near the coast in the early hours tomorrow morning.  It's later in the month this year because it's timed for the full moon.

Tomorrow entry to the Framlingham Horse Show is free and at midday Roy Hudd's widow Debbie Hudd will open the Crowfield village fete.

Like the sound of Common Ground's Christmas show Father Brown and the Curse of the Christmas Fairy ... Christmas?!

 VOTE  If you want to vote in next month's general election you need to be registered by midnight.

♫Words and Music last night on Radio 3 was Portraits of Suffolk to mark 75 years of the Aldeburgh Festival.  Inevitably the playlist included that there Ed Sheraton but surprisingly not Doreen Carwithen and readings (in accents) mention lots of place near the coast including Framlingham, Wickham Market and Southwold.

Thanks to Andy Fordyce for pointing out that Ordnance Survey thinks the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency does exist but the boundaries have moved because of the new Waveney Valley constituency.  There are seven candidates including two independents.

Judging by our poll card East Suffolk District Council thinks the constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich still exists even if the government doesn't.

First show of the weekend this evening at the Harleston Sancroft Academy.  The Harleston Players Youth Theatre present The Wizard of Oz with a matinee and evening show on the tomorrow.

Drinks and nibbles this Saturday at the Butley Mills Studios Gallery.

In the very early hours of Saturday some change was stolen from a car in Stone Street Crowfield.  Any info contact police ref: 37/25939/24, you can call 101.

 JUST VOTE  Although near the coast doesn't have a mayor to choose voting does matter, you have until 10pm tonight and remember you will need photo id.

We failed to make it to last year's Dallinghoo Plant and Cake Sale, it's today.

Sometime between Sunday and Monday last weekend a New Force 150 quadbike was stolen off a trailer in an agricultural shed in Dorleys Corner Kelsale.  If you have any info contact police quoting ref 37/22264/24, you can call 101.

last week a Butley Low Corner shed was broken into by jemmying the padlock and a large green ATCO 36 ride-on lawnmower stolen.  If you have any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime ref 37/22014/24, you can call 101.

Debach Airfield Museum opens this Sunday for the summer ... it's free entry.

The Suffolk Middy will light up (literally) tomorrow for Easter.  Real ale bar, bunny hunts, train rides and this year they are joined by the 34th Bomb Group who were station at RAF Mendlesham.

♫ Next Friday a concert at the Butley Mills Studio with a lineup including Core of the Coalman who might be old school analogue synth. ♫

The Eastbridge Eel's Foot and the Middleton Bell have closed but hopefully only temporarily.  We've never quite made it to the Bell but visited the Eel's Foot a good few times when chum and one time landlord of the Farnham George Leon Bonds lived opposite and if memory serves Thursday nights were folk music night. ♫

Yesterday between 2pm and 2:15pm tools were stolen from a van parked in Hall Road Wenhaston near the village hall.  Any info about this theft please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference 37/15220/24. you can call 101.

Sunday Model Railway and Remote Control show at Stonham Barns, free entry for under 12s.

Overnight Tuesday a chainsaw, electric drill, nail gun and socket set were stolen from a works vehicle in Stonham Aspal.  Security advice and any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference 37/12622/24, you can call 101.

This weekend four pedal cycles worth nearly £17,000 were stolen by forced entry to a secured Syleham garage.  Three of the bikes are YT Capra 27 CF Pro Race and the fourth a black 2022 Specialised Levo Turbo 29.  Any information please contact police quoting crime number 37/431/24 , you can call 101.

Some time last weekend a white BMW 3 Series left off road at Bourne Hill Wherstead was turned over and the catalytic converter, the wheels and the leather interior stolen.  Any info please contact Suffolk Police quoting crime reference number: 37/4178/24, you can call 101.

Last chance today to see near the coast Miss Mimple Meets The Ice Wolf.

A white Mercedes Sprinter van registration AV13HHW was stolen overnight Tuesday from a driveway in East Green Road Kelsale.  Any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference 37/3044/24, you can call 101.