Monday's Hadleigh Breakfast Briefing

By Derek Davis

12th Oct 2020 | Local News

Did you know?

Two nurses will today lay a wreath at Trafalgar Square for Edith Cavell, a first world war nurse who was executed by a German firing squad on this day for gradually helping about 200 British and French soldiers to escape the country. She was aged 49. After the war, her body was taken to London's Westminster Abbey for a state funeral before being buried at Norwich Cathedral near her home village of Swardstone.

Unlike the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England has no mechanism for formal canonisation. But it has a Calendar of Saints in which a day is listed for the commemoration of an individual. There, on 12 October, will be found the name of Edith Cavell.

Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07:16

Today's Peninsula sunset: 18:08

Tide Times:

01:48 1.44m

07:58 3.18m

14:23 1.12m

20:41 3.33m

All clear on the Strand

Weather:

Brightest in the east first thing, but becoming generally rather cloudy, cool and damp, with spells of rain and drizzle spreading from western parts. Light winds. Maximum Temperature 11c, low of 2c.

Orwell Bridge:

Open

Quote of the day:

'Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy. They have all been very kind to me here. But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone.'

Edith Cavell

Joke of the day:

Where do boats go when they are sick?

To the dock.

Doctors:

Hadleigh Health centre