The Latest Breaking News from Felixstowe

China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use

Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service between China and Europe via the Arctic. The announcement follows a trial crossing in 2025 that saw a container ship travel from the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in eastern China to Felixstowe in the UK in…

The Conversation · Aug 21

The missed chances to catch Suffolk strangler Steve Wright after Victoria Hall's murder

The missed opportunities that led to a 26-year wait for Suffolk strangler Steve Wright to be sentenced for killing Victoria Hall

Evening Standard · Feb 6

Suffolk Strangler: How it took 26 years to finally solve Victoria Hall’s murder

Police are facing renewed calls to investigate unsolved disappearances after Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright admitted to kidnapping and murdering Victoria Hall, 17, seven years before his other murders

The Independent UK · Feb 6

Coasts with the most: top seaside destinations vying for the London-on-sea crown

These seaside property hotspots are edgier and more affordable than their better-known, chichi rivals

Evening Standard · May 1, 2025

Protesting farmers are having to fight off the radical right, conspiracy theorists and climate sceptics

Thousands of farmers travelled to London on November 19 to protest the new government’s first budget and its imposition of new inheritance tax rules. Nearly a month later, on December 12, there was another protest, this time with more tractors, fewer celebrities, and only a tiny fraction of the media…

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2024

Brother and sister give up school to care for parents paralysed in horror crash

Darius Linkus and his wife Saule, from Felixstowe, were both left paralysed after a horrific moped crash while on holiday in Spain after he had headed to Ukraine providing aid as a volunteer

Daily Mirror · May 16, 2023

Mum left in hysterics at son's rude drawing of 'whisk' in epic homework blunder

Kelly Sullivan, from Felixstowe, had to hold in her giggles as her little boy Arlo showed off the drawing of a whisk he did for homework but many can only see one thing

Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

Fresh strike for workers at UK’s largest container port

Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Hundreds of Liverpool container workers set for two-week strike

Latest pay dispute could further disrupt UK supply chains already hit by walkouts at Felixstowe port

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

Felixstowe port receives notice of second strike in dispute over pay

More than 1,900 workers at Felixstowe, the country’s biggest container port, walked out last month.

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2022