News in Felixstowe

Tuesday's On This Day

In 1888 The first use of the name, 'Jack the Ripper' in an anonymous letter to the Central News Agency. He went on to kill five women, and it's believed he may have been responsible for the deaths of four more.

Coastal MP Therese Coffey has called on Felixstowe bosses to make HGV driving jobs more attractive in response to being asked to put pressure on the government to do more to ease the supply crisis.

Business leaders in Suffolk called on the Department for Works and Pensions minister to put pressure on her government to increase the number of visas issued to HGV drivers from the EU.

Fishermen and their families can receive free dental care when a charity dental unit visits Ferry Boat Yard in Felixstowe this Friday and Saturday

The dental charity Dentaid is bringing its dental surgery on wheels to the boat yard with volunteers providing free check-ups, oral health advice and emergency treatments.

Monday's Thought of the Day

Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 06:50

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Sunday's Motivational Quote

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Health chiefs in Suffolk have issued a fresh plea to people across the county to be kind and supportive of GPs, after reports of increasing abuse, including at Felixstowe practices.

Covid-secure measures introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic meant surgeries have not been able to facilitate as many patients in their waiting rooms, while phone and video appointments were introduced to help prevent the spread of infection.

A Suffolk mobility furniture company director that swindled disabled and elderly customer out of thousands of pounds will have to sell his £400,000 Felixstowe home to repay the victims of his fraud.

Ipswich Crown Court heard how David Waters of Manwick Road, Felixstowe, has been jailed for 32 months in December 2019 after he and his company Anchor Mobility Limited were convicted of a string of unfair trading offences.

Saturdays Brain Teaser

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

The mum of a child who wrote a letter begging to leave a Felixstowe school because he felt failed by authorities, has launched a scathing attack Suffolk's Special Education Needs Service.

Emma Nicholson's 10-year-old son Isaac sent a heartbreaking handwritten letter (pictured) outlining his desire to return to Shotley school after suffering an unhappy period at Causton primary in Felixstowe, where the family claim his educational progress has suffered.