Dogs rescued from building after fire breaks out in Monks Eleigh

Although no one was in the property at the time the fire started, around 12noo, four dogs were rescued from the building. A witness said a few of the adjoining houses had been affected by the smoke and three fire engines, a paramedic and two police <

Green-fingered Monks Eleigh residents urged to take an allotment

However, the allotment committee in Monks Eleigh, near Lavenham, has vacant plots and is struggling to find people willing to take them on, despite the low annual rental fee of just £15. Secretary of the allotment committee, Jacques Forrest, w

Monks Eleigh radio museum: Paul Goodchild finds home for 500 sets

A man with a collection of nearly 500 radio sets, some dating back to the early 1900s, has opened a museum to house them in a former Suffolk chapel. Paul Goodchild, now 70, has set up Sounds Of The Past in Monks Eleigh.