News in Felixstowe

Ipswich hospital has confirmed that 19 people have died in two days at Ipswich hospital due to the coronavirus.

This week has been the worst for Suffolk since the hospital, used by many Felixstowe patients, admitted 13 people had died over a three week period, but had not been reported due to an administrative error.

Trimley parish councillors have backed new plans to build five houses in front of the village's 210ft high water tower.

Developers Alston Homes have resubmitted the application after previously failing to provide detailed information in time forcing the m to withdraw the application.

Many locals would have heard about the Felixstowe Docker, they have their own Facebook page with more than 3,000 followers worldwide, they have many hundreds of followers on other social media platforms and their website has had more than 4,600,000 visitors - but who runs it and who is it?

The Felixstowe Docker regularly posts blogs about the goings on at the Port of Felixstowe and other ports around the World.

More than £192million of debt is to be wiped out for the NHS trust which administers hospitals in Felixstowe and Ipswich, among others.

The debt write off is part of a £750m package for the East of England to provide a major financial reset for NHS providers.

Felixstowe GPs have urged people to make sure they still get any health fears checked out by their doctor during the coronavirus lockdown, amid fears that symptoms for serious conditions could be missed.

The Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, which oversees primary care in the Felixstowe area, admitted that referrals from GPs to hospitals for things such as cancer treatments had "dropped quite significantly".

The owners of The Sandwich Shop in Felixstowe are embracing Easter by donating eggs, free range and chocolate, to charitable causes.

Neville Stein, who owns the shop with his son Will Stein and business colleague Tom Couchman, said: "We made the call to close the sandwich shop during the lock down as we felt this was the best policy to protect our customers and staff.

A resilience forum of public bodies set up to bind everyone together to deal the Coronavirus crisis has sent an open letter to all Felixstowe residents telling them that this weekend is a public emergency, not a public holiday.

The message from Suffolk's NHS, Emergency and Public Services, who are working together to protect the county and frontline health workers, came the same day as a letter from prime minister Boris Johnson landed on the doormats of many Felixstowe, Trimley and Walton residents.

A fish bar owner has had to backtrack on his decision to open for business tomorrow.

Mehmet Kocabey, who runs the Felix Fish Bar and Grill in Wadgate Road, on Grange Farm, posted on social media he was re-opening tomorrow, Thursday, at 12pm.

Leading housebuilder Persimmon Homes Suffolk has launched a £1million charity giveaway to support young people across Britain.

The Building Futures scheme aims to support community groups working with under-18s across three categories – education & arts, health and sport, including those in Felixstowe, Walton and Trimley.

Ipswich Hospital has confirmed two more people have died there after being admitted with the coronavirus.

Another two cases at the hospital, which serves the Felixstowe peninsula, were confirmed dead on Sunday, which takes the total tally over a four-week period to 19 in Ipswich alone, but the death tally could be higher in the wider community.