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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06.42
Warning as 40 to 69-year olds help account for Babergh having highest rate of covid cases in Suffolk
By Derek Davis
26th Oct 2020 | Local News
Babergh now has the highest rate of coronavirus infections in Suffolk and concerns are growing that the 40-69 age group was becoming the most infected.
Stuart Keeble, director for public health in Suffolk, revealed Babergh, which includes the Shotley peninsula, now has 63 cases per 100,000 of the population and that has increased from 18 since the beginning of October.
Revealed: how much your MP that voted against school meal vouchers claimed in expenses
By Derek Davis
26th Oct 2020 | Local News
South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge, who vote against extending the £15-a-week school meal vouchers, claimed more than £54,000 in expenses, according to the latest figures available.
Nub News can reveal Mr Cartlidge, whose constituency includes the Shotley peninsula, claimed £2,860.33 per month alone in accommodation costs, totalling nearly £33,000. He also claimed £5,815 in travel expenses from his home in Assington near Sudbury.
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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06:40
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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07:14
Brantham club together to provide children meals during school holidays
By Derek Davis
25th Oct 2020 | Local News
A peninsula football club has stepped up to provide free food parcels to local schoolchildren.
Brantham Athletic will distribute the parcels from the leisure centre tomorrow (Monday) after being moved by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford's campaign to ensure schoolchildren, who usually get free school meals, do not go hungry during the holidays.
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William Willett, the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay's Chis Martin published leaflet in 1907 called The Waste of Daylight, encouraging people to get out of bed earlier. That led to the introduction of moving the clocks back an hour in the UK. Hopefully you enjoyed an extra in bed this morning as the we moved back into GMT, by going back an hour at 01.00.
Police are appealing for witnesses or information after the body of a man was found in the River Orwell on the Shotley Peninsula.
The death is unexplained so far, and police confirmed the person's body was spotted in the river by the Orwell Bridge by a crew member on a boat.
Peninsula pub gives humorous, if slightly cheeky, mask message
By Derek Davis
24th Oct 2020 | Local News
Customers going into the Compasses in Holbrook have been left in no doubt what they need to do before entering the pub.
A simple, humorous and effective message reminding people they have to wear their mask before sitting at a table has been put on a chalk board next to the main entrance.
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You can go aboard a Concorde at Duxford's Air Museum.
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