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BBC News
12 hours ago
- BBC News
Police search for belongings of man found dead in River Deben
Officers are searching for a bike and clothes belonging to a man whose body was recovered from a river. Suffolk Police said the man was pulled out of the River Deben at Waldringfield, near Woodbridge, at about 08:45 BST on believe they now know his identity, but are appealing for anyone who saw a man riding a black Cube bicycle and wearing a khaki shirt and baseball cap on Saturday or early Sunday to contact man was described as white, about 35 years old, with fair hair and a ginger beard. A possible sighting of the man was also made on Saturday at 15:45 near the Seven Hills roundabout at man's cause of death was unknown but was not believed to be suspicious, police previously said. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Sun
a day ago
- The Sun
Mystery as body of man in his 30s pulled from Suffolk river as police investigate his identity and appeal for witnesses
The cause of death is unknown but is not believed to be suspicious RIVER DEATH Mystery as body of man in his 30s pulled from Suffolk river as police investigate his identity and appeal for witnesses COPS have launched an investigation after a man's body was recovered from a river. The unidentified body was pulled from the River Deben by the coastguard earlier today. Advertisement Coastguard crews immediately called the emergency services after hauling the body ashore. Police and ambulance crews raced to respond to the scene at Waldringfield, near Ipswich. Death was then confirmed by an Ambulance Service crew and police launched an investigation to establish the man's identity. At this time the body and cause of death remain unidentified. Advertisement Officers are appealing for any information that may assist them in identifying the body. The man is described as white, around 35-years-old with fair hair and a beard. He was said to be wearing black shorts when his body was recovered from the river. The cause of death is currently unknown but police have said they do not believe it to be suspicious. Advertisement The man's body has been taken to the mortuary at Ipswich Hospital. Enquiries into the man's identity remain ongoing as cops launch an appeal for any information that may help identify the body. Suffolk Constabulary said: "Officers trying to identify a man whose body was found this morning in the River Deben at Waldringfield. "The death is not being treated as suspicious but if you can help please contact us via or call 101, ref 37/46516/25." Advertisement
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
Coastguard recovers man's body from River Deben near Woodbridge
A man's body has been recovered from a river by the Police said the man was pulled out of the River Deben at Waldringfield, near Woodbridge, at 08:45 BST on force said he was about 35 and had fair hair and a beard. He was wearing black shorts. The cause of death is unknown but is not believed to be suspicious. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
04-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Blue plaque for Woodbridge Tide Mill benefactor
The woman credited with saving one of the last working tide mills in the country has been honoured with a blue plaque. Jean Gardner bought the Grade I listed Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk for £7,300 at an auction in May 1968 after hearing a lecture on its plight by local historian, Norman Scarfe. She then oversaw its restoration before gifting it to the town in generations of Mrs Gardner's extended family were at the ceremony for the unveiling alongside guests from the chair of the Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, John Carrington, said "We are grateful to the work of the Woodbridge and Melton Society in securing this lasting tribute to the lady that saved the Mill". The earliest record of a tide mill on the River Deben site dates back to 1170. The present mill was built on the site in 1793 and didn't close until 1957. It is now the only working tide mill in the UK and still harnesses the River Deben's tides to produce stoneground Carrington said it had become a tourist attraction."It is one of the most photographed, painted and drawn buildings in the East of England, and attracts the attention and interest of mill enthusiasts worldwide," he said. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Times
09-05-2025
- General
- Times
Tidal power was once the future, but 800 years on it's still all at sea
The first loaf of bread baked from the flour of Woodbridge tide mill was eaten by a monk from the local abbey some time in the 12th century. There has been a lot of flour since. Through the late Middle Ages, twice a day, the tide came up the River Deben, filled the mill pond, then emptied, turning a wheel that ground Suffolk flour with utter reliability. In dry periods when upriver watermills failed, or on still days when windmills didn't turn, the sea still came in and went out. The Woodbridge mill kept turning. It was turning when coal was the fuel of the future. It was turning when coal was the fuel of the past. Some 620,000 tides later, MPs have been debating
