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Art gallery gets Saatchi support

Saatchi Gallery - Joanne by Thomas Houseago

A major art gallery and museum planned for Ipswich has won the backing of the Saatchi Gallery in London.

The proposed gallery at the former Ipswich Art School in the High Street is set to open in the summer.

The Saatchi Gallery, which shows contemporary art, will lend items for its first exhibition.

The building is at present owned by Suffolk New College. Ipswich Borough Council has started a fundraising campaign to buy it.

‘Place of vision’

A Saatchi spokesman said: "We are happy that the former art school will once again have a strong educational reach.

"We hope that the many schools that visit the Saatchi Gallery in London will be encouraged to visit the new museum in Ipswich to enable even more students to see contemporary art first-hand on a regular basis."

Artist Maggi Hambling, who will exhibit work in the new gallery, said: "My beginnings were at Ipswich Art School.

"Its restoration as a place of vision would refocus attention on to the vital richness of this place and its continuing inspiration for artists."

Ipswich councillor Judy Terry, arts portfolio holder, said: "This unique collaboration will establish the gallery/museum as a cultural and educational facility of great importance."</p

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Doherty banned over crash

Pete Doherty

Musician Pete Doherty has been banned from driving for 12 months after admitting allowing his manager to use his Daimler car without insurance.

His lawyer entered the guilty plea to magistrates in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

It relates to an incident in Hadleigh, Suffolk, last September, in which a pedestrian was critically injured.

Doherty’s manager Andrew Boyd, 42, of London admitted dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident and was jailed for 12 months.

Boyd also admitted driving without a licence or insurance during a hearing at Ipswich Crown Court last month.

Chris Corder, 43, of Hadleigh, Suffolk, suffered "catastrophic" brain injuries and was left in a coma after the crash, the court heard.

The court was told Boyd’s four-year-old son was in the back of the car at the time.

Police later found the car in a body repair shop in London.

Lowestoft magistrates also fined the Babyshambles singer £500. </p

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Singer Doherty’s manager jailed

Victim Chris Corder

The manager of musician Pete Doherty has been jailed for a year for dangerous driving after a hit-and-run in which a man was critically injured.

Chris Corder, 42, of Hadleigh, remains in a coma after being run over in the town on 27 September. He was delivering church newsletters at the time.

At Ipswich Crown Court, Andrew Boyd, 42, of London, was jailed after earlier admitting dangerous driving.

He had also admitted failing to stop at an accident scene.

‘Comforting a child’

At a hearing in January Mr Boyd’s barrister, Chris Henley, said the accident happened when Mr Boyd tried to comfort a four-year-old child who was sitting in the back seat of a Daimler car.

"He must have momentarily taken his eye off the road and at that moment Mr Corder must have stepped onto the road and very unfortunately the collision took place," said Mr Henley.

"The instinctive reaction of Mr Boyd was not to stop; he should have and he recognises that.

"The prosecution accept that the dangerous driving is him leaving the scene." </p

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Doherty’s manager in hit-and-run

Victim Chris Corder

The manager of musician Pete Doherty has admitted dangerous driving after a crash in Suffolk which left a pedestrian critically injured.

Chris Corder, 42, of Hadleigh, remains in hospital after being run over in the town on 27 September. He was delivering church newsletters at the time.

At Ipswich Crown Court, Andrew Boyd, 42, of north west London, also admitted failing to stop at an accident scene.

Boyd was released on bail and is due to be sentenced at a later date.

The music manager also pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident, driving not in accordance with a licence and without insurance.

Boyd, of Kentish Town, was served with an interim driving ban.</p

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Art gallery gets Saatchi support

Doherty banned over crash

Singer Doherty’s manager jailed

Doherty’s manager in hit-and-run

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