Friday Flower Facts:

Lesser celandine: We have two flowers with the name celandine, the greater and lesser, though they are neither closely related nor strikingly similar in appearance – save the yellow of their flowers. Wordsworth's inspiration was the earlier-flowering lesser celandine, whose heart-shaped leaves are among the first greens to slip between the tired pastels of late winter.

He wrote thus: '"There is a flower that shall be mine, 'T is the little Celandine."

In the late Middle Ages it was suggested a plant could be used to treat the body part it resembled. The tubers of lesser celandine were considered to resemble haemorrhoids and the plant was applied accordingly, becoming popularly known as pilewort.

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Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 07:00

Today's Felixstowe sunset: 17:17

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Felixstowe tide times:

04:06 3.56m

09:56 0.82m

16:34 3.39m

22:11 1.08m

Floodgates open

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Weather:

Dry and bright but turning windy and cloudy with perhaps a few spot of drizzle but mainly dry and rather mild. Maximum temperature 11c, low of 7c.

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Orwell Bridge:

Open

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Joke of the day:

I was going to catalogue my dried flowers, but I realised I have more pressing problems to deal with.

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This weeks' surgeries and dispensary times:

Grove Medical centre 08.00-18.30 (283197) - Covid vaccinations available by appointment only

Haven Health 08.00-18.30 (670107)

Howard House 09.00-17.00 (282706)

Felixstowe Community Hospital (458820)

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Bus services:

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Live travel updates: 

Train times and traffic hold ups

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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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