News in Felixstowe

Wands at the ready as Harry Potter is returning to Vue for an epic movie marathon fortnight.

Felixstowe fans of the wizarding world can join hero Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermoine Granger (Emma Watson) on their epic adventure at Hogwarts as all eight instalments of the series are back on the big screen.

Christina Johnston's live online performance of 'My Fair Lady' promises to be even more special for the world class singer tonight.

Felixstowe based Christina will be joined virtually by her exiled husband Viacheslav Myachin from his mother's house in Russia as she sings another of her weekly classics from her Suffolk studio.

Confidence is starting to return to the voluntary and charitable sector in Suffolk, an industry leader has said – but more than a third of organisations are still under threat of closure in the next 12 months unless circumstances change.

A survey carried out by Community Action Suffolk (CAS) following the closure of Age UK Suffolk over the summer found 60% of voluntary organisations locally saying they faced closure in the next year based on current circumstances – 30% of which said that was the situation in just six months.

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Regulars at The Miners in Northumberland paid the outstanding £62 after Mr Cassidy was put in Durham maximum security prison for 90 days. He had being given a day's sentence for every 69p he owed of Mrs Thatcher's unpopular tax. Apparently, Ron's Ashington pub won.

Suffolk is facing around 20,000 more people being made redundant as a result of Covid-19, an authority has warned – with increased demand expected on vital support services.

Felixstowe has one of the county's biggest job market but even though there are some vacancies (here) shop closures, cuts at the port and the end of furlough will see job losses in the town.

A leading councillor has welcomed a high street bank's decision not to include the Felixstowe branch among more than 160 new closures.

Despite reports elsewhere, the Hamilton Road TSB will not be closing either in this, or next year's. round of closure.

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The flu vaccine is available for free for over-65s and vulnerable patients diagnosed with long term conditions.

Staff at Gregg's in Felixstowe are among those their bosses plan to hold talks with in a bid to save jobs, once the furlough scheme ends.

The Newcastle-based bakery chain has revealed in a statement it had entered consultation with its 20,000 staff nationwide, a fortnight ago looking at way of cutting hours for some.

A Malaysian cocoa manufacturers has cited the Port of Felixstowe as key reason for opening production plant in Suffolk.

Guan Chong Berhad Group are in advanced talks with Dutch firm Philips Avent about buying their former baby bottle site in Glemsford, south Suffolk, and would secure much needed jobs for the area.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06.54