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Redrow Suffolk Youth Games 2012 Needs You!
Wednesday 18th April 2012
This year’s Redrow Suffolk Youth Games will give competitors the chance to see the Olympic torch during its parade around the country.
Palace House Project wins £4.2m Heritage Lottery Fund support
Published on Wednesday 4th April 2012
The National Horseracing Museum and Forest Heath District Council have received a confirmed grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the proposed redevelopment of Newmarket’s Palace House Site to create the Home of Horseracing National Heritage Centre, it was announced today.
Eagles land at Aspal Close
Published on Monday 19th March 2012
Veteran oaks – some of the very best examples in the eastern region – will be getting ‘halos’ thanks to a group of Scouts from the Boy Scouts of America.
21st Century Museum
Published on Tuesday 6th March 2012
Forest Heath District Council has granted Mildenhall Museum a grant of £789,813.
Local Volunteers Receive Cash Boost
Published on Monday 27th February 2012
A hard working group of volunteers from Red Lodge in Suffolk have just been awarded a cash boost of £9,452 from the Lottery distributor Awards for All.
Newmarket's history to be aired on national TV
Published on Monday 6th February 2012
A national television programme focussing on the history of Newmarket, the royal palace of King Charles II and the origins of horseracing is to be aired this week.
Mildenhall Woods closures
Published on Wednesday 25th January 2012
Forestry work is being undertaken in Mildenhall Woods over the next two months as part of the Forestry Commission’s routine forest management plan for the area.
New look Brandon Leisure Centre
Published on Wednesday 18th January 2012
The newly refurbished Brandon Leisure Centre officially opened By Matthew Hancock MP and Forest Heath District Council’s Chairman, Councillor Roger Dicker, on 13 January 2012.
Festive leisure in Forest Heath
Published on Monday 19th December 2011
Forest Heath residents will have no excuse for letting their exercise programme slip over the festive season as Anglia Community Leisure will be opening their leisure centres and swimming pools every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Olympic torch will light up Newmarket
Published on Monday 7th November 2011
Local schoolchildren joined councillors at Newmarket's Clock Tower to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime news that the Olympic torch will be carried through Newmarket on 7 July next year.
Feed the Birds
Published on Monday 31st October 2011
Countryside-themed craft activities kept children amused at Mildenhall's Douglas Park and St John's playing field during the October half term break.
Mildenhall Cycling Rally
Published on Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Mildenhall Cycling Club will be celebrating its 25th Mildenhall Cycling Rally over the August bank holiday weekend (Saturday 27 – Monday 29 August 2011) with what looks like being a record attendance.
£500K renovations at Brandon Leisure Centre
Published on Tuesday 9th August 2011
People in the Brandon area will soon be benefiting from state of the art leisure facilities, thanks to a major refurbishment programme agreed by Forest Heath District Council and Anglia Community Leisure.
Lark in the Park
Published on Tuesday 26th July 2011
Families from across the district turned out in their droves on Saturday for Forest Heath District Council’s fun day on Mildenhall’s Jubilee Fields.
Mildenhall Cycling Rally
Published on Tuesday 26th July 2011
Mildenhall Cycling Club is gearing up to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its annual Mildenhall Cycling Rally on the August bank holiday weekend.
Red Lodge Sports Pavilion continues to grow
Published on Monday 25th July 2011
Red Lodge Sports Pavilion is on the up and this summer it is packed out with events and activities for the whole community.
Anglia Community Leisure Launches New Website
Published on Friday 15th July 2011
Anglia Community Leisure has launched a new website to help people find even more information more quickly for their chosen activity.
Time Team is digging around in Newmarket's history.
Published on Thursday 14th July 2011
Channel 4's popular archaeological programme, hosted by actor Tony Robinson, is looking at King Charles' influence on racing.
Suffolk Youth Games success
Published on Monday 11th July 2011
Around 800 young people representing Suffolk's sporting future converged on Bury St Edmunds for the 12th Redrow Homes Suffolk Youth Games.
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