Ipswich bid for 'city' status

A new bid to get city status for Ipswich is set to be launched later today.

Suffolk County Council will discuss the motion at its full meeting tonight.

There are no firm plans for The Queen to create a new city in the immediate future - over the last 50 years new cities have been created to mark milestones in her reign, and to mark the millennium.

That could mean the next new city - or cities - will be created in 2022 to mark her Platinum Jubilee when she will have been on the throne for 70 years.