News in Felixstowe

A kind-hearted parent who has made an estimated 12,000 PPE visors since lockdown begun has donated some of the 3D printers that produced them to Felixstowe Academy.

Matt Read has supported hospitals and other health settings across the country after initially setting up a Go Fund Me campaign and donating items to Ipswich Hospital.

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A Felixstowe beach is flying high after being named as one of country's best beaches by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, joining an elite of seaside towns scooping Blue Flag and Seaside Awards this year.

With the current travel restrictions and the likelihood of foreign holidays being

Police are today still searching for a 16-year-old Felixstowe boy who went missing almost a fortnight ago.

Police enquiries are continuing into the disappearance of Jamie Stevens, who was last seen on Wednesday July 22 at around midday and he was reported missing to police shortly after 11.10pm on Thursday July 23.

Dashcam coverage and witnesses are being sought by police after a motorcyclist was injured in an accident on the A14 in Felixstowe.

The man in his 60s is still in hospital after breaking ribs and suffering grazes in the collision around 1.50pm on Saturday, August 1.

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There has been a spike in coronavirus cases in East Suffolk, which includes the Felixstowe peninsula, over the weekend according to figures released today.

While eight people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Suffolk since Friday, July 31, half of those cases came from the East Suffolk area, with 888 cases now confirmed, the highest figure in Suffolk, with Ipswich in second with 713 and Babergh the lowest with 256.

Postal workers, port shunters and HGV drivers are among a long list of vacancies for job-seekers in Felixstowe.

Although the economy is shrinking, the Port of Felixstowe is struggling, and businesses on the peninsula between the Deben and the Orwell jutting out towards the North Sea are having a difficult time, there are still employers out there looking for the right people.

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Field Gun had been part of the military showcase event since triumphantly returning from the relief of Ladysmith during the Boer War in 1900, with Shotley man Ernest Abram, one of the original gunners.

Dozens of pubs and restaurants in the Felixstowe area have signed up for the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and Nub News has compiled the full updated list here.

Even more places have added their business since we first publish the list, with the Dooley Inn confirmed, along with the Boardwalk cafe, bar on the seafront.