Did You Know?

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released a few days early in the UK; it would go to number one for 15 weeks in the US and 22 weeks in the UK. Listen for the peninsula connection.

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Today's sunrise over the Felixstowe area: 04:46

This evening's sunset: 20:57

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Tide times:

02:28 3.66m

08:15 0.71m

14:42 3.55m

20:40 0.56m

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Today's weather:

Dry with variable cloud amounts, but also some spells of sunshine. High of 26 dropping down to a low of 11c.

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Orwell Bridge: Open

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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 – 07.00-20.00

Co-op Wadgate Road – 07.00-22.00

Co-op High Road West - 07.00-23.00

Co-op King Street – 07.00-23.00

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

Respect social distancing rules and treat shop staff with respect.

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

Felixstowe-Harwich-Shotley Foot Ferry[L+] running

See which businesses are still operating with our Felixstowe Business Directory:

[L] https://felixstowe.nub.news/directory[L+]

Add your business or community group to our Local List

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Quote of the day:

"I still have no idea who chose some of those people [on the cover]. I think [artist] Peter Blake put a lot of the more confusing people in there. The ones I wanted were people I admired. I didn't put anybody on there because I didn't like them (unlike some people…)"

George Harrison 

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Riddle of the day:

It starts off light and easy to bear, yet the more you carry it with you, the heavier a burden it becomes.

Answer will be revealed tomorrow.

Previous Riddle Answer:

Jack's looking at Anne, but Anne's looking at George. Jack is married, but George isn't. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

The answer is yes, a married person is looking at an unmarried person.

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