Did you know?

The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ although the first decorated Christmas tree only arrived in Riga, Latvia in 1510. The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531 and besides evergreens, other types of trees such as cherry and hawthorns were used in the past.

Every year since 1947, the people of Oslo, Norway have given a Christmas tree to the city of Westminster, England. The gift is an expression of good will and gratitude for Britain's help to Norway during World War II.

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Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 08.01

Today's Felixstowe sunset: 15.46

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Tide Times:

04:42 3.41m

11:12 0.86m

17:33 pm 3.34m

23:12 1.42m

Floodgates open

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Weather:

Cloudy with some outbreaks of light rain first thing, before clearing to leave a largely dry day, with some bright or sunny spells developing, mainly in the north of the region. Still mild in the far south. Maximum temperature 10c, low of 6c.

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Orwell Bridge:

Open

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Quote of the day:

Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there's always light and hope in the world.

Nora Roberts

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Joke of the day:

Why are Christmas trees so bad at sewing?

They keep dropping their needles

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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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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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