News in Felixstowe

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In Norse mythology, a dinner party of the gods was ruined by the 13th guest called Loki, who caused the world to be plunged into darkness.

East Suffolk's Covid-19 case rate has risen week on week with 176 positive test reported in the seven days leading up to Tuesday, November 10.

The weekly case rate rose week on week to 70.2, leading to 50 positive tests in 100,000, which would have led to a Tier 2 restriction pre-lockdown.

On this day in 1035: The death of Cnut the Great (King Canute of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden) aged 40, who legend has it ordered the tide not to come in and wet him. When it did he decreed it was because God was more powerful than any king.

Today's Felixstowe sunset: 16.07

Nearly 70 children and teachers have gone into self isolation after one student at Langer Primary Academy, in Felixstowe tested positive for Covid-19.

Langer Primary, which is part of the Unity School Partnership, confirmed has 58 students and 10 teachers had gone into isolation for 14 days as a precaution following the positive test.

Work on a new iconic café in the heart of Felixstowe's South Seafront is continuing thanks to exemptions to the new Covid-19 restrictions, which allow construction work to continue.

Work started on the new landmark building in August and is estimated to be completed in summer 2021, offering indoor and outdoor dining with unspoilt views of the seafront.

A man who smuggled more than two million cigarettes has been jailed for six years, nearly eight years after the haul was discovered in Felixstowe.

Wakas Rauf, of Rachels Way, Chesham, imported cigarettes worth £576,821 in unpaid duty, an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed.

On this day -1918: At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ended; a war that had lasted for four years and 97 days. Germany, bereft of manpower, supplies and food, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. The war left nine million soldiers dead and more than 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria, Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, some six million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.

1921 The first British Legion Poppy Day.

On This Day in 1810: The birth of George Jennings, an English sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets. He specialised in designing toilets that were 'as perfect a sanitary closet as can be made'.

Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 07.07

Permission has been given to increase the the deep water access channel between Felixstowe and Harwich, which will boost the port's global capacity.

Harwich Haven Authority have confirmed their licence application to carry out major improvement works, which includes increasing the depth of Harwich Harbour and the deep water access channel, has been approved by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

Nub News gets UP CLOSE with former anti-apartheid activist, Steve Marsling who is looking to raise a red flag among the sea of blue in Felixstowe and whose story as a London Recruit set to be told in a feature film.

On the face of it a political activist enjoying retirement living on the Suffolk Coast is nothing particularly out of the ordinary. However, Steve Marsling, a former postal worker, teacher, local government officer and art dealer has an extraordinary story, which is about to hit the big screen.