News in Felixstowe

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An Extinction Rebellion protester from the Felixstowe peninsula has been bailed to appear in a Cambridge court next month after denying criminal damage.

Adam Whybray, a University of Suffolk lecturer from The Street Nacton, pleaded not guilty, when he appeared in Cambridge Magistrates' Court yesterday, to aggravated trespass and criminal damage after a petrol station in Newnham Road was blocked and black liquid poured over the fuel pumps.

A Port of Felixstowe contractor fears the failure of the NHS's Test and Trace system is putting people's lives at risk by failing to contact those who have tested positive.

Despite not having symptoms at the time, the worker, who has asked not to be identified, accepted an offer to be randomly tested.

Sea swimmer and Felixstowe town councillor Seamus Bennett was one of those who emergency services were looking for following a tip off from a member of the public.

A Felixstowe town councillor has assured people he was never in danger after his daily dip sparked a full scale rescue operation on Tuesday.

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It was the world's deepest concert ever, held at the bottom of the platform shaft of Equinor's Troll A platform in 2006 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of gas production beginning from the Troll field. Katie performed a repertoire of songs and guitar music, and was accompanied on the piano for one of the songs by platform manager of Troll A at the time, Jan Hauge.

Felixstowe and Walton United have moved a step closer to welcoming football fans back their Goldstar Ground in Dellwood Avenue, after the government race the go-ahead for lower league clubs to allow supporters through the turnstile at the beginning of the new season

The Seasiders are waiting for clarification from the Football Association before releasing their own plans for their supporters' safe return to watch them play in the Isthmian League North Division.

Felixstowe residents concerned about particular aspects of crime in the area will now be able to call on a newly formed police team.

Nicknamed the Kestrel Team, Suffolk police have created a Neighbourhood Crime Proactive team dedicated to tackle criminal threats and challenges that emerge in a particular local area.

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Enough names to fill a barrel have been suggested for the new JD Wetherspoon's pub in Felixstowe.

Planners last week gave permission for the pub to be built on the old central surgery site on Hamilton Road, overlooking Great Eastern Square, close to Felixstowe railway station. (Read here...]

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 05:45