News in Shotley Peninsula

Shotley resident are looking forward to good night of uninterrupted sleep after saying goodbye and good riddance to the jack up rig Prospector 5.

Three large tugs and a pilot boat inched the rig, used on oil and gas fields, slowly but surely along the river Stour, with world class sailor Terry Scutcher, passing her by a couple of times, before she went round the point to Felixstowe and out into the North Sea.

The increasingly popular Shotley Peninsula Local List has seen even more businesses displaying their wares and services to local resident by adding themselves to the directory.

A wonderful bespoke company run by a peninsula couple is offering an array of gifts ideal all the year round, but perfect for the upcoming present-giving season. Go to Rustic Wooden Gifts

On This Day: in 868, St. Edmund, Saxon king of East Anglia, was martyred by the Vikings, who tied him to a tree, shot at him with arrows, then beheaded him. He gave his name to the town Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. Some say St. Edmund could be buried in what is now Abbey Gardens next to St Edmundsbury Cathedral. He is the patron saint of kings and against plaque and torture. St. Edmund is honored as a martyr of the church.

Today's peninsula sunset: 15:56

Three suspected people-smugglers and 69 illegal immigrants after a boat was intercepted by officers fro the UK Border Force and the National Crime Agency.

Nub News reported yesterday how the operation, which involved two helicopters, woke residents in Shotley at around 2.30am.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07.23

Nub News goes UP CLOSE with, Aimee, Stacy, Sonya, Candice, Selma and Joceleyne, AKA the Hairy Coos at Alton Water.

No it is not a Scottish girl band who have burst onto the pop scene, but these girls who are on tour from Taverham Mill, are proving as popular as any group.

Toilets items and tools were among items stolen during a raid on a new holiday park site at Brantham earlier this week

Thieves broke into a toilet block, cafe and lodges at the Constable Park development, Bergholt Road, sometime between 4:30pm and 9pm on Monday.

Helicopters circling over Shotley at 02.30 this morning were escorting a small ship into Harwich.

The multi-agency operation involved the UK Border Force, RNLI, two helicopters and Essex police, as they accompanied the pleasure craft Svanic into the port after she had sailed across from Ostende, Belgium

On this day in 2014; Benjy, a bull branded gay, was saved by charity donations, including £5,000 from Sam Simon, the co-creator of the Simpsons. Benjy, from County Mayo, Ireland, had been destined for the abattoir after showing more interest in breeding with other bulls than cows.

Today's Peninsula sunset: 15:59

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07.19