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Screen Suffolk optimistic shooting will return to Felixstowe along with rest of the county
By Derek Davis
3rd Feb 2021 | Local News
Covid-19 shut down months of filming in 2020, but remarkably Suffolk's official film office still managed to increase the number of filming days in the county on 2019.
Local democracy reporter Jason Noble caught up with Screen Suffolk to talk about an unpredictable year and big projects coming up in 2021, including shooting in Felixstowe.
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Felixstowe commemorate the anniversary of the North Sea floods
By Derek Davis
3rd Feb 2021 | Local News
On Friday 29 January 2021, Cllr Sharon Harkin laid a wreath to commemorate the 1953 North Sea Floods, which claimed 41 lives locally and over 300 people across English coastal towns and villages.
The Deputy Mayor of Felixstowe, Cllr Sharon Harkin said, "At this tough and emotional time as we reflect on over 100,000 deaths due to the Covid pandemic, it is still incredibly important to mark the anniversary of another tragedy, 68 years ago on Sunday 31st January 1953, when 41 lives were lost in Felixstowe, including several children.
A freeze on East Suffolk Council's portion of the council tax bill has been agreed by the authority's cabinet, citing the financial challenges many are facing from the Covid-19 pandemic as a key reason.
The authority last week unveiled its first draft budget at its scrutiny committee meeting, in which it proposed to keep the council tax level for 2021/22 at the same level as this year – £171.27 for a Band D property.
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Judge tells Felixstowe man he faces jail after admitting knife attack in the town
By Derek Davis
2nd Feb 2021 | Local News
A Felixstowe man has been warned he faces a jail sentence after admitting stabbing a man in the town last October.
Daniel Eacott, of Queens Road, Felixstowe, was told by a judge at Ipswich Crown Court today that he is facing a "significant term of imprisonment" after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Unique Suffolk project to save up to 600,000 tonnes of water coming from near Felixstowe each year
By Derek Davis
2nd Feb 2021 | Local News
Water which would normally be pumped away into Suffolk's River Deben, is now being reused in a new scheme near Felixstowe - the first of its kind in the UK.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of drainage water which fills land near the river's estuary is pumped away. This pumping process can also damage precious saltmarsh and mudflats, which are important habitats and part of the local ecosystem.
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