News in Shotley Peninsula

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In Ireland Boxing Day is known as Saint Stephens Day or the feast of Saint Stephen and is one of nine official public holidays the Emerald Isle. In South Africa, Boxing Day is known as Day of Goodwill. This day is about giving to the less fortunate. In other continental European countries, it is known as Christmas II or Second Christmas Day.

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Or as Luke describes it: 'And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.'

More Shotley peninsula residents on low incomes or benefits can now get financial help if they are told to self-isolate due to COVID-19 as Suffolk councils extend support payments to help more people.

Previously Test and Trace Support payments could only be given to people meeting certain criteria, including on benefits. Now Councils across Suffolk have extended this, using their discretion, to help those on low incomes but not on benefits.

To the residents of Harkstead, Holbrook and Stutton.

Thank you to all our village communities who have worked so hard over the past year bringing support to all our residents. I am so privileged to represent you and work with you.

It's nearly time for Santa and his nine gorgeous reindeer to begin their tour of the country.

He has a lot of presents for well-behaved children and grown ups in his sleigh.

A peninsula councillor has welcomed Babergh's plans to consider proposals to cut their fleet's carbon emissions by up to 90% – supporting the council's carbon neutral aims.

Cabinet members will consider proposals to move Babergh's vehicle fleet to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), when they next meet on January 7, 2021.

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Smith added the "crackle" element when he heard the crackle of a log he had just put on a fire. The size of the paper wrapper had to be increased to incorporate the banger mechanism, and the sweet itself was eventually dropped, to be replaced by a trinket: fans, jewellery and other substantial items. The new product was initially marketed as the Cosaque (French for Cossack), but the onomatopoeic "cracker" soon became the commonly used name, as rival varieties came on the market. The other elements of the modern cracker—the gifts, paper hats and varied designs—were all introduced by Tom Smith's son, Walter Smith, to differentiate his product from the rival cracker manufacturers which had suddenly sprung up.

The Shotley peninsula is to move into Tier Four, the Government's highest level of Covid-19 restrictions, on Boxing Day.

The decision by central Government to place Suffolk in the highest alert tier from its previous Tier 2 status comes into effect from Boxing Day.

Although children have not been able to visit Santa in his grotto this year, they were treated to an early visit as the annual

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So think on when you next want to kiss under the mistletoe.