Friday 13th is believed to be considered unlucky, especially by Christians, because it's the day Jesus was crucified, and 13 signifies the number of guests at the Last Supper, with the infamous Judas being the 13th person seated at the table.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06:14

Today's Peninsula sunset:17:56

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High Tide:

1. 16 (4.49m)
2. 44 (4.37m)

Saturday – 02.59 (4.40m)

Low Tide:

1. 56 (0.11m)
2. 07 (0.26m)

Warning: The Strand is highly likely to get flooded so take care, especially between 14.00 -15.30, then just 02.20 Saturday morning until 03.40am

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Today's weather:

Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a couple of showers. Top temperature 10c and low of 3c.

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Orwell Bridge: Open

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Today's Post Office Openings:

Shotley: 09.00 – 17.00

Chelmondiston: 08.00 – 17.30

Holbrook: 07.00 – 21.00

Brantham (village hall): Closed

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Today's food shop openings:

Holbrook Co-op: 06.00 -23.00

Brantham Co-op: 06.00 – 23.00

Premier Stores Shotley: 07:00 - 21:00

Hollingsworth's: 07.30 – 17.30

Orwell Stores: 07.30 – 18.00

Suffolk Food Hall: 09.00 – 18.00

Stutton Community Shop: 08.30 – 17.30

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Pharmacy opening times:

Shotley Surgery: 08.00 – 18.30 (closed between 13.00 - 14.00)

Holbrook Surgery: 08.00 – 18.30 (closed between 13.00 - 14.00)

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Peninsula events:

Don't forget if you press the black Nub It button on our What's On page you can add your own events.

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Today's peninsula cinema showings:

None

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Movie quote of the day:

"We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for…. One million dollars."

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

— Dr. Evil (Mike Myers), after recently waking from decades-long cryogenic freezing, completely missing the concept of inflation.

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Riddle of the day:

A magician promises that he can throw a ball as hard as he can and have it stop, change direction, and come back to him. He claims he can do it without the ball bouncing off anything, the ball being tied to anything, or the use of magnets. How is this possible?

Answer will be revealed tomorrow.

Previous Riddle Answer:

There is a house with four walls. All the walls are facing south. A bear is circling the house. What colour is the bear?

A. White. If all walls of the house are facing south, the house must be on the North Pole, so the bear is a polar bear.

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