Did you know?

The word sunflower actually means sun flower or flower of the sun. The scientific name for the common sunflower is Helianthus Annuus. The dark centre of a sunflower is made from thousands of tiny little flowers that develop into edible seeds.

A sunflower is not just a single flower. The large dark middles of these flowers are actually made up from thousands of individual flowers. The dark brown and black centres of the sunflower are tiny flowers. No wonder they are such a wonderful place to visit for all the bees collecting pollen.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 05:11

Today's Peninsula sunset: 20:51

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Tide Times:

05:25 3.77m

10:53 0.87m

17:37 3.73m

23:41 0.48m

Fine on the Strand

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Weather:

Cloudy, mostly dry start, but also a few outbreaks of rain. Early rain clearing, with some brief brighter spells possible, before thicker cloud spreads east. Cloud then breaking later, with some sunny spells, but also isolated heavy showers following. Breezy. Maximum Temperature 23C. low of 12c

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Orwell Bridge: Open

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Quote of the day:

"I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers.

"I want to be like a sunflower; so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight."

Vincent van Gogh

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Joke of the day:

A guy gives flowers to all of his family. To his wife he gives roses, to his parents he gives orchids, to his daughters he gives daisies.

And to his sons, he gives sunflowers.

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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[L+] running

Felixstowe to Bawdsey running from 10am.

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See which businesses are still operating with our Felixstowe Business Directory: Add your business or community group to our [L]https://felixstowe.nub.news/directory[L+]Local List

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