News in Shotley Peninsula

Over the last 16 months, countless people in Suffolk, including the Shotley peninsula, have gone the extra mile by helping others, such as volunteering, doing the shopping for a friend or putting a neighbour's bins out.

Saying thank you to people who have helped means a great deal, which is why the latest stage of the 'Suffolk Says Thanks' campaign is about celebrating everyday acts of kindness by presenting people with a specially designed pin badge.

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A task force is to be formed to assess transport in the districts, including the bus service on the Shotley peninsula.

Councillors at Babergh and Mid Suffolk district councils will form a panel which will include scrutiny of areas like bus and train services, as well as community transport options. It could also look at transport such as bike rental schemes and taxi provision.

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Lee Partridge is pointing the finger at Suffolk FA

Two prominent grassroots football coaches have sent a list of proposals, suggestions and recommendations to Suffolk FA after being left frustrated for years over concerns about financial irregularities within the game.

Lee Partridge, chairman of East Bergholt FC's junior section and a former coach at Brantham Athletic, along with Oliver Langham, who recently resigned as chairman at Ipswich Vale Exiles, decided to offer a positive solution after experiencing problems at youth league clubs and feeling fobbed off by the county's governing body.

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Chelmo has been yarn bombed

Tuesday Topper

The movement moved on from simple 'cozies' with the innovation of the 'stitched story'. The concept has been attributed to Lauren O'Farrell (who creates her street art under the graffiti knitting name Deadly Knitshade), from London, who founded the city's first graffiti knitting collective Knit the City. The 'stitched story concept' uses handmade amigurumi creatures, characters, and items to tell a narrative or show a theme in 2013.

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View from the Shipwreck

Although the shackles are being taken off, many pubs, shops and businesses are taking a cautious approach to opening up for so-called Freedom Day tomorrow (Monday, July 19)

The new government guidelines mean an end tor restriction of numbers to socialise. This marks the end of the "rule of six" as well as restrictions on guests at weddings and mourners at funerals.

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