News in Felixstowe

There has been a spike in coronavirus cases in East Suffolk, which includes the Felixstowe peninsula, over the weekend according to figures released today.

While eight people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Suffolk since Friday, July 31, half of those cases came from the East Suffolk area, with 888 cases now confirmed, the highest figure in Suffolk, with Ipswich in second with 713 and Babergh the lowest with 256.

Postal workers, port shunters and HGV drivers are among a long list of vacancies for job-seekers in Felixstowe.

Although the economy is shrinking, the Port of Felixstowe is struggling, and businesses on the peninsula between the Deben and the Orwell jutting out towards the North Sea are having a difficult time, there are still employers out there looking for the right people.

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Field Gun had been part of the military showcase event since triumphantly returning from the relief of Ladysmith during the Boer War in 1900, with Shotley man Ernest Abram, one of the original gunners.

Dozens of pubs and restaurants in the Felixstowe area have signed up for the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and Nub News has compiled the full updated list here.

Even more places have added their business since we first publish the list, with the Dooley Inn confirmed, along with the Boardwalk cafe, bar on the seafront.

Dock workers being paid to quit their jobs, drug busts, burglars caught in the act, a prominent businessman apologising to a young mum after drink drive incident, drive thus cinema debate and Covid deaths figures, are all among the stories our readers enjoyed during July, as a record number of people joined us online.

Here we bring you the top 12 stories tens of thousands of people in the Felixstowe area and beyond, accessed, without any annoying pop up adverts, surveys or subscription.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 05:20

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 05:18

Police are appealing for information after a cyclist was injured when he was bitten a large dog last week.

The man was cycling back from the Co-op in High Street, Walton, and was attacked by the dog, believed to be a Doberman Pinscher, near Cordy's field in Trimley St Martin.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 05.17

A stressed out Felixstowe teacher has agreed with a survey reflecting on how lockdown and home learning has presented huge challenges for parents and children.

As 'exhausted' staff try to recover from summer term few anticipate an opportunity to switch off and relax and Christine, a primary school teacher from the Felixstowe area, agreed with a survey of primary school teachers by lesson resources experts PlanBee, which revealed 60 percent of primary school teachers had seen a marked increase in their workload during the summer term, compared to previous years, as schools scrambled to introduce completely new ways of learning in a matter of just weeks.