News in Shotley Peninsula

An introduction to Spiritual Communion

During the coronavirus pandemic the Church of England has had to put public worship on hold. This means that many people who would have received Holy Communion each Sunday, are not able to receive the comfort and benefits of the sacrament.

Holbrook Academy will be operating a staggered return and setting up for mass Covid-19 testing for pupils, when the school holidays end on Monday 4 January.

Only children of key or critical workers, alongside those identified by school leaders to be a priority for onsite support, will be allowed to return school from 4 January, as planned but Year 11 students have been told they should not return as expected.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 08.03

Babergh is offering a real Christmas tree recycling scheme on the Shotley peninsula from Monday.

If you have a garden waste (brown) bin - During January, you can leave your real Christmas tree*, with all decorations removed, beside your brown bin on collection day.

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To avoid bad luck, don't do your dishes, laundry and other chores as one tradition says you should leave the laundry pile until January 2 Apparently, the old wives who invented this tale didn't enjoy doing their washing at all. It's also believed it 'flushes good fortune down the drain'. Another superstition is much darker, suggesting a laundry load completed on January 1 will 'wash a family member away' in the year ahead.

As part of the Shotley Peninsula Nub News' commitment to quality localised news, features and comment, we have an Up Close profile, and a facility allowing contributors to add their thoughts, views and stories.

Our Up Close series followed on from the Peninsula Personalties in Profile features, which also highlighted those who were key workers and more, during the summer lockdown.

Shotley Peninsula Nub News was launched in mid-February and we are delighted to bring you the top 20 most read stories by you over these 10 months.

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New Year celebrations in most parts of the world will be extremely muted this year, but millions of us will try to mark the arrival of the 2021 in a Covid-compliant way. What are the origins of our New Year traditions?

Former primary school teacher Laura Steele of education resource experts PlanBee is your guide.

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This has been a tough year for many people and two postmasters on the Shotley peninsula wanted to help to bring some Christmas cheer.

Carly and James Welham, who run Chelmondiston Post Office and Manish and Trupti Patel at Shotley Post Office wanted to help Shotley Kidzone, to help ensure families in need.