Felixstowe South Beach and Pier has won the prestigious blue flag award
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Felixstowe South Beach and Pier has been named one of 76 Blue Flag rated beaches in England to have excellent water quality for swimming and is the only one in Suffolk.
The coastal awards for 2021 revealed only one Suffolk beach had made the top tier, while three others met the lower standard for the Seaside Award.
Lowestoft South of Claremont Pier, Kessingland and Southwold won the Seaside Award, alongside a number of Tendring District Council beaches; Clacton-on-Sea (Martello Tower), Frinton-on-Sea and Harwich.
The new Felixstowe Pier was opened in 2017 and cost £3million
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Claremont Pier
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Beach huts and a popular seafront pier have been targeted by vandals during the Christmas period.
Suffolk Police have appealed for information after buildings were vandalised near to The Esplanade in Lowestoft.
At some point between Thursday, December 24, and Sunday, December 27, guttering on beach huts along the lower promenade was pulled down.
A further incident then took place some time between Sunday, December 27 and Tuesday, December 29, where guttering on Claremont Pier was also damaged.
Officers have urged any witnesses to the incidents, or anyone with information about the criminal damage, to contact the Crime Coordination Centre on 101, quoting reference 74744/20, or email denis.mullett@suffolk.pnn.police.uk.
Mike Sutton pictured in 1959 as part of the Norwich City B team.
- Credit: EDP / Archant 2003
Writing in the Daily Mail, Chris said: It wasn’t fair for my dad’s life to end in this way. Alone in a room in a world of his own, without any member of his family by his side. Over the last decade my proud dad has been stripped, slowly and piece by piece, of his dignity by dementia. I only hope and pray that somehow, when he was taking his final breaths, he knew how much people respected and thought of him, and how much his family and close friends loved him.
Mike Sutton pictured in 1959 as part of the Norwich City B team.
- Credit: EDP / Archant 2003
Writing in the Daily Mail, Chris said: It wasn’t fair for my dad’s life to end in this way. Alone in a room in a world of his own, without any member of his family by his side. Over the last decade my proud dad has been stripped, slowly and piece by piece, of his dignity by dementia. I only hope and pray that somehow, when he was taking his final breaths, he knew how much people respected and thought of him, and how much his family and close friends loved him.