News in Felixstowe

It is time to get ogre-excited as Spa Pavilion has announced the Tony-award winning 'Shrek The Musical' will be coming to Felixstowe later this month.

Produced and directed by Suzie Lowe (Dennis Lowe Theatre Co.), this beloved tale will transfer your favourite characters from the screen onto the stage for a fun adventure through 'blistering winds and scorching deserts.'

Felixstowe Nub News get UP CLOSE with the Firs Care Home manager Susan Gibson, the karate mum who loves being with her work family

If being a care home manager was not hard work in its self, then being a karate mum, carer to her own father, and ferrying her football son, makes sure for Susan Gibson every day is a full day.

After more than a year in limbo, how does a week of beer festivals, boating, bands, book signings and sundry other excitements sound? Yes, the River Deben is about to spring back to life, and a Felixstowe music festival is very much onboard.

A festival of events on the river will unfold in August, highlighting the local clubs, businesses and charities that have weathered the pandemic and are determined to make the most of what looks like it could be a return to the nearly normal.

Monday's Motivation

Thomas Bach -Olympic Committee (IOC) president

A drink driving Felixstowe teenager has been banned for 18 months and fined after admitting being twice over the legal limit.

Jack Spink, of Walton Hall Drive, Felixstowe, was spotted driving a Vauxhall Astra erratically in Bigod Terrace in the town by an off duty officer, who called the police control centre.

Saturday's On This Day

Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 05:27

A leading Felixstowe councillor has vowed that voters will be able to cast their ballot if they do not have any photo ID if Government plans to introduce the new measures are approved.

Steve Gallant, who resents Felixstowe and is also leader of East Suffolk council spoke out after concerns were raised about the proposals to introduce voter ID.

Friday's Fascinating Flower Facts

The plant is said to have got its nickname after it spread into the path of William, Duke of Cumberland, as a Jacobite rebellion reached its peak at the 1746 Battle of Culloden.

Felixstowe motorists are being warned of an impending road closure in the town, which they may want to avoid.

Work by Anglian Water will mean High Road West will be closed and diversions put in place on Wednesday August 11.

Caution has been urged to those visiting our shorelines after volunteers from Felixstowe Coastguard were called out 21 times during July.

In general, HM Coastguard has seen a huge rise in call outs this year and they are still expecting it to get busier as more people flock to our beaches over the summer.