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The fortnightly(ish) digest emails out today at tea time ... click Postman Pat's black and white cat to get your free copy.

Stalwart nearthecoast supporter fishmonger Darren Smith keeps us going with much appreciated coffees, modern life mentoring and when in season fresh mussels.  Buy us a coffee and you can join Darren top left running into Christmas.

The year moves on, the clocks went back last night.

Throwback Thursday: 11 years ago today we reported a sheep in Easton giving us the same look people behind desks often deploy.

Worried too many people might turn up for your coffee morning?  Garden fete?  Swingers' party?  Don't do promotion on nearthecoast then.

The next available supporter slot is now, it will take your link well into winter.

The fortnightly(ish) digest emails out this lunch time ... click Jaques Tati to get yours for free ...

How nice, Windows 11 is going to make all our lives better.

Here at nearthecoast batteries are no longer available for a Toshiba laptop and a HP laser printer probably because of a Win 10 update has started refusing to listen to a desktop ... the hidden cost of tech.

Suffolk Myths No.107: Town and parish councillors are elected even if there hasn't been an election.

Astonisher No.68:  Donald Trump ... surely we don't have to say any more.

Suffolk Truths No.107:  If people are reading the Eastern Daily Press you're probably not in Suffolk any more.

The village doesn't support you?  Promote yourself on nearthecoast.

Life Skills No. 68:  Surprisingly the email saying your Evri is ready for collection over the counter doesn't have a barcode.  It does remind you that photo id is needed because surprisingly your name seems to be enough ... worked in the Framlingham Co-op yesterday.

Astonishers has overflowed into more astonishers.

Don't know your way round nearthecoast?  You need the A to Z, it's FREE, kills 99% of known germs plus you don't have to pay and display or walk through the gift shop to get out.

How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com.

SRN Nearthecoast is in, doesn't feel any government has ever treated nurses fairly, is fiddling with her tick list and clicky pen but still listening at ntc@nearthecoast.com.

Suffolk author and noted penny farthing rider Peter Berry was 50 when diagnosed with early onset dementia.  Safe and Found Online is a voluntary national register of vulnerable persons to aid police if a registrant goes missing, Pete was sensibly the 1,000th person to sign up.

Our Alamy stock photo portfolio has over 10,000 images.

If you like what we do buy us a coffee, sadly we can't accept a Costa Coffee points card but ... a lovely latte? ... a capricious cappuccino? ... how very kind.

#FollowFriday ain't too proud to beg eh?

Anorak Alert No.72: Hugh Bonneville as Mr Bennet in Lost In Austen calls a mattock a pick axe ... picky picky eh?

Mobile phone emergency warning TEST 3pm this afternoon.

Everybody likes team photos except the photographer.  Players arrange themselves in a line or two that's impossible to fill the frame and sometimes with their backs to the sun.  Half are looking at their mates' phones not the camera and all are nonplussed if asked to do something different.  A notable exception are the UEA Pirates after a 30-6 win and Eastern Sur5val had a moment.