An incredible show of generosity today from the local community in response to Blyth Valley Rotary Club’s appeal for bikes for Africa! We received an astonishing 115 bikes, including an impressive tandem. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed. The bikes were collected by BVRC, along with Andy and Poppi from the Putting Green Southwold, who will ship them to Africa tomorrow via TWAM (Tools With A Mission). Huge thanks to Andy, Poppi, and TWAM for their outstanding support in making this happen!

A huge thank you to everyone who made this year’s Christmas Day Swim so special, especially to our sponsors, #stayinsuffolk https://stayinsuffolk.com/, and to Southwold RNLI. Thanks to all volunteers, spectators, and the brave swimmers. The charities will benefit! See you at the next swim in 2025! #Southwold #ChristmasSwim #fundraising #PeopleOfAction Thank you Southwold! Thank you Reuben Digby who started the swim and all the visitors #suffolk See you at the next Southwold Christmas Day Swim 2025

Don't forget to support the Southwold Museum in Victoria Street Southwold Lecture this Thursday. Doors open at 2.30pm, members £5 non-members £8 https://youtu.be/PLYRBFhQkOE\ Starts 3pm January 16th: Professor Chris Briggs (Selwyn College, Cambridge), ‘Change and Continuity in the English Manor Court over Five Centuries: A review and a Suffolk case study’ Christopher Briggs studied History at Oxford and later specialised in the social and economic history of late-medieval England. He is a Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Selwyn College, Cambridge Photo Jon Coe

Looking for recommendations for logs for my burner??? Wanting to see what loads we can get and how much people usually pay! Comment your suggestions please 🙏🏼 Local to Reydon if possible ☺️

Winter Fun - As Secretary of Anglia Region, Pensioners, part of National Pensioners Convention, lobbing for today’s and tomorrow’s pensioners right to dignity in older age, our Chair Kevin Hilson has discovered the following activities that may brighten the winter months. Check out our website: www.anglianpc.com 1. Free walking activities around Lowestoft and various other locations - call 01473 260060 or visit website walkingandcyclinginsuffolk.org.uk 2. Singing for Lung Health a weekly group. No need to book TUESDAYS 1.30–3.30pm FROM 7 January - 18 March For more info contact Des at [email protected] 3. Music for Wellbeing - no need to be able to play a musical instrument Mondays 1.30-3.30pm From 6 JANUARY- 17 March Contact Des at above email for more info. Apologies for being a bit late posting this but still a way to go. 4. HEALTH AND WELLBEING for Families and Communities - contact: 01473 265265 www.suffolk.gov.uk/infoLink email [email protected] Happy New Year to all despite the times. We can overcome so much more than we think we can. Aisha

Happy New Year Everyone, We're very much looking forward to our next show at Southwold Jazz Club on February 22nd at 7.30pm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoaZDm572k&t=30s Chris Ingham's Hoagy Carmichael album was voted one of the top ten. jazz recordings of 2014. Ten years and a hundred performances later, we are touring Hoagy part two. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/southwold-arts-centre-tickets A perennial favourite at Ronnie Scott’s and festivals in Canterbury, Buxton, Edinburgh, Rye, Aberjazz, Devizes, Caterham, Norwich, Woolpit and Bury St Edmunds, Chris Ingham’s Hoagy! is packed with the songs and stories of one of America’s most enduring and endearing songwriters. Wry, wise, sentimental, down-home and sophisticated, Hoagy Carmichael’s songs are beloved for their warmth, wit and melodic beauty. This joyful, edifying and heartfelt salute to the Old Music Master features many engaging anecdotes and insights along with tracks from Chris’s acclaimed CDs Hoagy and Hoagy II including well-loved hits (Stardust, Lazy River, Georgia On My Mind, Skylark, Ole Buttermilk Sky, Lazy Bones, et al) alongside obscure nuggets and delightful curiosities from this unique songwriter's rich and varied songbook. ​ "One of Britain's best singer-pianists...sophisticated tribute...charming work" **** LONDON EVENING STANDARD "Captures the spirit of a 20th-century giant...a delightful package" **** OBSERVER “Hoagy Carmichael was special...Ingham knows and understands" MOJO "This is just lovely..." SUNDAY TIMES - JAZZ CD of the WEEK & TOP 10 JAZZ CD 2014 “Classy product…with plenty of the right kind of swing” **** JAZZ JOURNAL “Hits the sweet spot every time” **** BBC MUSIC "Outstanding quartet...inspired solo forays...nifty and concise arrangements...a fine delectation of Hoagy delights conveyed masterfully" LONDON JAZZ NEWS "Mighty fine piano...no mere hanging on the shirt-tails of the great man, Ingham has his own personality...'Dear Bix' is one of the most emotional pieces I've ever listened to...perfect underpinnings...[an] outstanding CD" BEBOP SPOKEN HERE Hope to see you if you're free, George & Paul

📢 N10 Loss of Gas 📢 Over 100 engineers and support staff will be on site today working to restore gas supplies as quickly as possible. We need to ensure every affected property has their gas supply safely turned off first. Please do not try to do this yourself, unless advised to do so by our emergency call centre staff. We then have to pump water out of our gas pipes before we can start to restore gas to the network. This will take a number of days to complete. Please bear with us. We are keeping our website updated on affected streets, where you can get help and assistance if you need it and how to get a hot shower. https://cadentgas.com/incidents/loss-of-gas-n10

N10: Loss of Gas There has been a loss of gas in the N10 postcode area of London due to water getting into the gas pipes. Engineers are on site and working hard to reconnect the supply of gas. Read more and stay up to date at https://cadentgas.com/incidents/loss-of-gas-n10

Following recent flooding, #TeamEA have been working through the week to protect communities across the country. 1 - Operating the Didsbury Flood Storage Basin in Manchester. 2 - Clearing debris from flood screens in Anglia 3 - Deploying demountable defences in Northwich 4 - Pumping flood water at Ratcliffe on Soar Flood alerts remain active in some places. Keep yourself safe, check your flood risk: https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/

Following yesterday's heavy rain, #flooding continues in some parts of the country today (7 January). Please stay safe and avoid walking or driving through flood water - it can contain hidden hazards. Sign up for flood alerts: https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings

Continued heavy rain today (6 January) is causing levels on the #RiverAvon to rise. Please stay away from swollen rivers. The current can be strong enough to sweep you off your feet. Stay safe and sign up for flood alerts: https://gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings

Continued heavy rain today (6 January) is causing levels on the #RiverAvon to rise. Please stay away from swollen rivers. The current can be strong enough to sweep you off your feet. Stay safe and sign up for flood alerts: https://gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings