News in Felixstowe

Felixstowe is looking at a positive post-Brexit boom as public and private sector leaders set out their joint vision for a new freeport on the east coast.

Freeport East would focus on the Port of Felixstowe and Harwich International Port – both owned by Hutchison Ports – and be a strategic hub linking UK importers and exporters with suppliers and customers across the globe, situated as it is at the heart of vital trading routes to Asia and Northern Europe.

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Plans for an innovative solution to protect beach huts from coastal erosion in Felixstowe have been given the green light for a trial of up to a year.

East Suffolk Council's planning south committee unanimously approved a trial for two bays outside the Spa Pavilion to be configured as beach hut platforms.

Businesses in the Felixstowe area are being urged to get their funding application in as soon as possible.

East Suffolk Council is now processing the additional restrictions business grants for local businesses provided by the Government in a response to new nationwide restrictions.

Community is one of the core values of Nub News - it's at the heart of everything we do. That's why we're supporting local businesses and promoting the 'shop local' message in the run up to Christmas.

Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement in the House of Commons, non-essential shops, restaurants and pubs in Felixstowe are expected to reopen at the beginning of December, and will be keen to encourage customers back to the high street during what is normally one of the busiest periods of the year.

On this day - In 2010, weather forecasters predicted that the UK would be entering a prolonged cold spell which could bring one of the earliest significant snowfalls since 1993. A few days later more than a thousand schools were closed across the UK and snow caused travel chaos. A similar warning has been released by forecasters for this year.

Today's Felixstowe sunset: 15.52

Blast from the Past ...

This shows Woolworths Felixstowe; the Store was opened in 1931 and closed in 2008 when the Woolworth chain unexpectedly closed down.

Port of Felixstowe will be among a raft of businesses benefiting from a half million pound investment by Suffolk's Public Sector Leaders.

Felixstowe helps Suffolk business export nearly £.5billion worth of goods, as well as being Britain's premier container port, and despite its well documented problems, remains hugely important to the county and nation.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce details of what and how new guidelines about coronavirus will be implemented when the current period of lockdown ends on Wednesday, December 2.

Then the second national lockdown was imposed Felixstowe was graded in Tier One, along with the rest of Suffolk, but on the resumption it is expected the government will make changes in the levels of restrictions imposed in each tier.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07:29