A Just Giving page has been launched to help save the Felixstowe to Harwich foot ferry.
Alex Sharrett, a relative of the ferry owners Lucy and Christian, set up the page to make up any shortfall needed to get the 100 year old ferry service back up and running in time for next season.
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Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 06:52
By Derek Davis
27th Sep 2020 | Local News
The Mariners in Trimley suffered its second fire in 24 hours, as Suffolk fire crews also dealt with a person stuck in the mud today.
Felixstowe firefighters were called to the blaze at just after 9.30am and stayed nearly four hours to deal with the incident at the pub.
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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06:06
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Christian Zemann and his wife Lucy have vowed to resume the vital foot ferry service between Felixstowe, Harwich and Shotley, despite suffering a massive blow late on Friday night
Gale force winds pulled the former SS Canberra lifeboat from her mornings at Ha'penny Pier, Harwich, and cast her adrift. A crew from the Harwich Haven Authority managed to secure her and pull her back to the pontoon but she had taken on a lot of sea water and suffered serious damage as she partly submerged.
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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06:50
By Derek Davis
26th Sep 2020 | Local News
The Felixstowe foot ferry to Harwich and Shotley is likely to be out of action for the rest of the season after sea water got into the engine.
High winds caused the ferry to break free of her moorings at the Ha'penny pier, Harwich last night and then took on water. She was swept around the pontoon and ended up stuck under the gangway down from the pier to where she she was originally tied up.
Felixstowe mayor Mark Jepson has spoken of the town's pride in recycling efforts after helping the resort's pier turn green
New stats show we care more about the environment than ever before and to celebrate this year's Recycle Week, two iconic locations in Suffolk, Felixstowe Pier and Ipswich Town Hall, were lit up in green to mark the occasion, as revealed by Nub News last week.
A Felixstowe pub owner has vowed to reopen this evening after a fire forced staff to flee the building at lunchtime today.
Four fire appliances were called to the small fire at the Mariners in Trimley at around 1.40pm today after a dryer in a first floor room caught alight but the emergency crews soon had the situation under control.
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