Did you know?

Katie Melua performed the world's deepest concert when she played on a gas rig. It was the stuff of dreams or, perhaps, to use her own words: "the closest thing to crazy": Katie Melua singing Nine Million Bicycles on a stage 288.5 metres below the sea. Katie and her band underwent rigorous safety training while 22 tonnes of equipment were transported by 16 helicopters and three supply ships to the rig—and then the whole lot had to be moved to the bottom of the sea.

It was the world's deepest concert ever, held at the bottom of the platform shaft of Equinor's Troll A platform in 2006 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of gas production beginning from the Troll field. Katie performed a repertoire of songs and guitar music, and was accompanied on the piano for one of the songs by platform manager of Troll A at the time, Jan Hauge.

Meanwhile prospector 5 berthed in hatch appears to be going for he noisiest rig ever.

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Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 05:49

Today's Felixstowe sunset: 20:06

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Tide Times:

01:18 4.11m

06:59 0.62m

13:36 4.06m

19:31 0.19m

Floodgates closed

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Weather:

A dry and sunny day aside from a few patches of cloud, becoming fairly breezy through the afternoon but still warm in the sunshine. Maximum Temperature 25c, low of 11c.

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Orwell Bridge: Open

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Quote of the day:

"The gas rig is actually much more futuristic and high-tec than I thought it would be. It reminds me a bit of "Aliens", that's kind of cool!"

Katie Melua

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Joke of the day:

HELP! The smelly man who just got laid on an oil rig is chasing me with a piece of bent pipe.

It's an olfactory refractory fracking fractional flak attack...

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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 is now running.

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