News in Shotley Peninsula

Thousands of households across Babergh will be eligible for a reduction in their council tax bill after councillors approved further support for residents facing financial difficulties.

Shotley peninsula households face an average rise in their council tax of more than £20 a year, with Babergh District Council adding £5, to the average Band D property, Suffolk County Council around £17, and then parish councils, Social Care and the Police and Crime Commissioner also add to the precept. Band D properties are used to convey the average increase.

Two people have been summonsed to court in relation to offences relating to livestock worrying in Brantham.

It follows four incidents last year in the village. On the 9 August last year two sheep were found by a sheep owner in Brantham and were so severely injured they both had to be put down.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07:15

Simon Harley has lived on the Peninsula for 27 years through his medical career, mostly as a GP in Ipswich but also in specialty clinics.

Simon is also church warden for St Mary's, Tattingstone and helps with services and church related events in Tattingstone.

Domestic abuse reports on the Shotley peninsula and neighbouring areas have risen by a quarter during the Covid-19 crisis, latest police data shows.

Suffolk Constabulary figures for the 12 months to the end of December revealed 3,655 domestic abuse reports for the Ipswich and south Suffolk area – a 27% increase on the 2,867 average for the prior three years.

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The NHS is launching a new campaign to urge families on the Shotley peninsula and beyond to talk about organ donation, following research that showed less than half of adults in England have had the conversation.

The Leave Them Certain campaign aims to highlight the impact not knowing has on the families who are left behind and encourage people talk about their decision. It follows the law change last year in England, which means that all adults are seen as willing to donate their organs, unless they opt out or are in one of the excluded groups.

My name is Mary McLaren and I am the prospective Conservative Candidate for the Peninsula Division in the Suffolk County Council Elections in May and I wish to introduce myself.

I came to Suffolk in 1981 and have lived in both sides of the County. My long career in Health and Social Care has taken me overseas and across the UK. As an ex senior manager in the NHS, I understand the pressure for more staff and services, balanced against limited resources.

From the Strand to the tip of the Shotley peninsula the cold, crisp and even snow has covered our area with mixed reactions and you have been spending in your pictures. (Scroll right on top picture to see more)

With many local schools closed, even home learning took a back seat to getting out in the white stuff to have fun, be creative or just chuck snowball at their parents.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07:19