News in Shotley Peninsula

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Councillors have agreed Babergh District Council's budget for 2021/22 – delivering financial stability post-Covid while still delivering the council's commitment to climate change.

The budget agreed at last night's Full Council increases Babergh's share of council tax by 2.96%, the equivalent of less than 10p a week (£5 a year) for an average Band D property.

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A motion calling for the resignation of a Suffolk council leader has failed by a large majority.

Labour councillors for Sudbury Trevor Cresswell and Alison Owen put forward a motion to Babergh District Council's full council meeting on Tuesday night calling for the immediate resignation of Conservative leader John Ward.

Nub News gets UP CLOSE with Eleanor Barker, a trustee at the peninsula-based charity the Dominic Barker Trust, who today talks of why having a stammerer in the work place can be a good thing and the superstars who refuse to let disfluency hold them back.

You would probably never know it at first glance but numerous famous people have struggled with stammering at some point in their early life, and are fortunate enough to have been able to control it.

This Monday one year ago Shotley Peninsula Nub News was launched to serve our area with a hyperlocal news service. Since then more than 106,000 different people have read the articles on our website, making nearly half a million page impressions.

Not bad for a small corner of Suffolk with a combined population of around 10,000, so we are delighted that such a high percentage of villagers regularly come to us for all the latest hyperlocal news and features - and we want to say thank you for your support.

Given the tremendous success of Shotley peninsula Nub News and our growing audience, we have decided to launch our commercial advertising opportunities.

We offer a variety of sponsorship packages to suit all local businesses. Prices range from £100 to £750 per month.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06:51

Prominent commerce leaders and local councillors have cautiously welcomed prime minister Boris Johnson's roadmap to come out of the latest Covid-19 lockdown but have called for more tangible support to ensure Shotley peninsula businesses can survive.

Mr Johnson announced dates for reopening pubs, shops, restaurants and hairdressers as well as when sporting events can begin to take place.

Monday Motivator:

Tom Brady, who at aged 43, has now won more Super Bowl finals than many NFL teams