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Poverty in Suffolk, helping rough sleepers, Diwali and fine art.

Food parcels for Suffolk families and seven churches open up for the homeless.

A Suffolk charity tackling poverty in the county will be making up 1000 food parcels this Christmas.

Maureen Reynel, Director of Families in Need (FIND) says "this year has been really awful."

"Last year was bad enough but we anticipate the next 12 months will be really serious, people are existing on the bare minimum."

Seven of Ipswich's churches are working together to provide a safe place for roughsleepers to go.

Graham Miles and Zoe Dean are in the studio explaining how 'Hope and hospitality will work with volunteer teams to make sure food and overnight beds are available from the 14 December through until February 2012.

They've had 300 people come forward to offer their help so far.

Rob debates the rights and wrongs of the Dale Farm eviction with the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell.

Local leaders of the Catholic and Anglican Churches showed support for the travellers case ahead of the operation to remove illegal plots this week.

The Ipswich and Suffolk Indian Association explain why they've stepped up this year's Diwali celebrations.

There's a street party happening outside Ipswich Town Hall from 10am - 4pm.

Artist Jonathan D. Boast's work which commemorates the 90th Anniversary of the Burial of the Unknown Warrior, comes to Bury St Edmunds, meanwhile The Bible in Voice and Verse heads to Felixstowe.

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  • Sun 23 Oct 2011 06:00