Reporter Ash Jones takes a look at the top stories from SuffolkNews this week.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Ash Jones and here are your Suffolk News headlines.
00:04 A retiring Reverend has said it was a privilege to serve Bury St Edmunds for more than three decades.
00:09 Reverend Jonathan Ford will wave goodbye to Christchurch next month, having spent half of his life leading the church.
00:16 When he joined in September 1990, a small congregation met in portable buildings on the Heldal Road playing field,
00:23 but it wasn't until 1997 that the church was complete.
00:27 A mum of two has followed her dreams and opened a coffee shop in the village she has lived in for 15 years.
00:34 Rachel Brown from Long Melford will open Brown Sugar Coffee Shop on Saturday.
00:39 She is planning champagne and cakes for the opening of the venue, which she has dreamt of running since she was a little girl.
00:45 And now for our top story of the week.
00:49 A salon owner has packed up his scissors for good as he announces his retirement from the industry after 56 years.
00:56 Gavin Ashley Downs, who owns Gavin Ashley and Bury St Edmunds, decided to retire from hairdressing last month after his birthday,
01:03 but he will still be found behind the scenes of the business he set up 45 years ago.
01:08 The decision to retire was not an easy one for the 73-year-old, who said he had been in the service industry from a young age, having grown up in a publican family.
01:17 That's everything for now. For more breaking news, visit Suffolk News' website.
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