Did You Know?

Dame Vera Lynn, who has died aged 103, is in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest UK albums chart entrant and the oldest UK singles chart entrant at 103 years 62 days old, with "We'll Meet Again" returning to the charts on 21 May 2020, reaching No.30 on the UK's Official Albums Chart and debuting at No.55 on the UK's Official Singles Chart.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 04:34

Today's Peninsula sunset: 21:18

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Tide Times:

04:47 0.7m

11:30 3.72m

17:10 0.8m

23:44 3.65m

The Strand will be fine

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Weather:

Dry and slightly warmer day than yesterday, with sunny spells. A few showers possible here for a time, but these should die away later. Maximum Temperature 24C, a low of 12c.

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Orwell Bridge: Open

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Quote of the day:

"Hope remains even in the most difficult of times".

Dame Vera Lynn

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Joke of the day:

How did the telephone propose to its girlfriend?

He gave her a ring.

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Today's Post Office Openings:

Bent Hill, Wolsey Garden – 10.30 – 12.30

Felixstowe, Hamilton Road - 09.00 – 15.00

Old Felixstowe, High Road, East – 09.00-17.30

Walton High Street – 08.15 – 17.30

Trimley High Road – 06.00 – 22.00

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Today's supermarket shop openings:

Co-op Hamilton Road – 08.00-20.00

Co-op Wadgate Road – 06.00-23.00

Co-op High Road West - 07.00-23.00

Co-op King Street – 06.00-23.00

Co-op Walton High Street 06.00-23.00

Morrison's – 07.00 – 21.00 (petrol 08.00-22.00)

Tesco metro – 07.00-22.00

Sainsbury's Warren Heath – 08.00-22.00

Lidl Langer Road: 08.00 – 21.00

Lidl Haven exchange: 08.00-21.00

Wear face covering. Respect social distancing rules and treat shop staff with respect.

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Link here to see which other businesses are now open

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This weeks' surgeries and dispensary times:

Grove Medical centre 08.00-18.30 (283197)

Haven Health 08.00-18.30 (670107)

Howard House 09.00-17.00 (282706)

Felixstowe Community Hospital (458820)

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Live travel updates: 

Train times and traffic hold ups

Bus services:

Check here for Monday to Friday timetable

Ferrys

Felixstowe-Harwich-Shotley Foot Ferry running

Felixstowe to Bawdsey not running.

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See which businesses are still operating with our Felixstowe Business Directory: Add your business or community group to our Local List

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