Archant Investigations Unit

21/02/2022

We've spoken to six couples who have all complained about this wedding business. All have been trying to get money back. But the business has blamed the issues on its owner being ill.

Couples have accused Norfolk wedding firm, Style and Joy Events of ruining their big day after items and food they paid thousands of pounds for never arrived.

16/12/2021

Customers of this magician have been contacting us about him "disappearing" with their deposits for events he never showed up to. He says he simply "ran out of money"...

A magician accused of "disappearing" with his customers' cash has upped and moved to Manchester — claiming he "ran out of money" and had to close the business.

19/11/2021

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02/11/2021

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22/10/2021

Sources at the East of England Ambulance Service tell us record numbers of patients are waiting to be assigned an ambulance. At one point this week more than 500 emergency calls were "stacked".

Up to 500 callers are waiting for an ambulance in the east of England at peak times as demand on the 999 service hits record levels.

21/10/2021

How hard is it to get a dentist? There is a desperate shortage in some areas and people are resorting to doing their own dentistry!

Patients who are in so much pain they cannot eat solid foods are waiting months to see a dentist or even performing their own dentistry.

19/10/2021

“There is a growing perception that GPs are being villainous and are hiding behind doors."

We visited Ipswich's busiest GP surgery to find out what life is like on the frontline.

We go behind the scenes at Ipswich's Barrack Lane Medical Centre to see how the NHS is preparing as winter approaches.

14/10/2021

This week we've been investigating the state of the region's NHS as we head into winter.

One of the biggest complaints we've had is about the difficulty seeing a dentist and patients' are resorting to desperate measures:

Two thirds of children in Norfolk and Waveney have not seen a dentist in over a year amid a county-wide shortage of NHS dentistry.

07/10/2021

We've been going through lots of documents to explore concerns about how Sizewell C will get the millions of litres of freshwater it will need each day to operate.

The region’s water supplier is scrambling to work out how to provide millions of litres of water a day if the new Sizewell C is approved.

05/10/2021

Scores of s*x offenders in Suffolk are failing to tell police about changes to personal details including their names – prompting fears children and vulnerable adults are being put at “immediate risk of harm”

Scores of s*x offenders in Suffolk are failing to tell police about changes to personal details including their names, an EADT investigation reveals.

27/09/2021

An independent review into how police handled the case of a 33-year-old woman from Suffolk - who died after reporting being poisoned - has identified additional mistakes:

An IOPC into how Ess*x Police handled the case of 33-year-old Emma Fraser from Sudbury who died after reporting being poisoned has found additional mistakes.

25/09/2021

Matthew Wright, of Wrights Coaches based in Wroxham and Norwich, has been banned from operating a bus company after being found to have committed 41 offences in a three-month period

Schoolchildren’s lives were put at risk by a bus company director who transported pupils during illegally long shifts of up to 24 hours without a break.

14/09/2021

Around 20 former pupils have alleged physical and s*xual abuse by teachers at a Suffolk school between the 1960s and 1980s. Now, police are investigating some of those claims. Full story:

Ex St Joseph's College pupil and Judge Dredd author, Pat Mills, has alleged abuse by monks at the school and Suffolk police are investigating historic claims.

10/09/2021

“We’ve been married 65 years and I know my wife. She’s not the same. Psychologically now if someone says 'Aylsham' she says ‘No I’m not going back there, I’m not going again’"

An 89-year old woman with dementia has been left trembling at the sound of St Michael’s Court home in Aylsham.

09/09/2021

A play centre firm owned by a father-of-nine who appeared on ITV's 'Britain’s Biggest Families' has been threatened with dissolution. Layden-Grant Seymour drove luxury cars during the May episode, which angered some people in Suffolk and Norfolk, who were owed money by his company:

Saxmundham-based 4 Fun Ltd, owned by Aldeburgh-based Layden Grant-Seymour who appeared on ITV's Britain's Biggest Families, is facing a threat of dissolution.

26/08/2021

“I just feel completely helpless. If this carries on, I could end up bankrupt, or even homeless."

Furious residents living in 'luxury' flats on flagship waterfront are facing a £6.5k service charge for just six months - after serious cladding problems were uncovered 👇

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Furious Cardinal Lofts leaseholders on Ipswich Waterfront say they are facing a “shocking” half-yearly bill of more than £6,500 per apartment.

25/08/2021

Special report: What does this council-owned A14 project, poised to transform 156 acres of farmland near Stowmarket into East Anglia’s biggest business park, actually mean for Suffolk and those footing the bill?

What are the plans for Stowmarket's Gateway 14 and what do they mean for Suffolk and its economy? Read our special report.

24/08/2021

A pair of brothers who paid themselves hundreds of thousands of pounds while their building firm went bust leaving suppliers owed millions are back in business, to the fury of their creditors

A pair of brothers who paid themselves hundreds of thousands of pounds while their building firm went bust are back in business.