Citizens Advice Bureau to launch Big Energy Week
The Citizens Advice Bureau gets ready to launch its Big Energy Week as the government insists it's committed to reducing energy bills for domestic customers.
In the news hour from 5pm, the Citizens Advice Bureau is about to launch its Big Energy Week. The campaign is a drive to inform as many of its clients as possible about the best and cheapest way to buy their fuel. Maria Mitchell is the project's co-ordinator for the Suffolk West CAB. She tels Foz that people are coming into her Bury office quite concerned.
Suffolk police say they've seen a drop in crime, including a 10% fall in burglary. Nationally, crime has fallen by six percent. Foz speaks to the county's Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, Tim Newcomb, who says his force are not being complacent and they still need to keep a close eye on house burglaries and rural crime.
Suffolk's train operator, Greater Anglia, says timekeeping on the mainline is the best it's been for 12 years. However, Waveney MP Peter Aldous has taken the condition of two of the county's railway stations to parliament, saying they're in a poor state of repair and need urgent attention. He's also been seeking assurances from Parliament that the East Coast Line will be ready to cope with the hourly Lowestoft to Ipswich service which starts in December. Foz hears more from Greater Anglia's Peter Meades.
In the first hour from 4pm, Foz previews the Bury Operatic Society's latest production Half A Sixpence. There's a chance to hear Foz's chat with Ben Drew, also known as Plan B. Ben made a surprise visit to the New Wolsey in Ipswich last night to see the play The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner.
In the music hour from 6pm, Foz previews a great weekend of live music coming up in Suffolk and there's the 4th and final In Session track from The Floe.