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The wonderful Magda from Lead Balloon moonlighting as Dr Marion Boyle in Alan Partridge last night (05:34).

The year moves on. the clocks go back tomorrow fortnight.

Saxmundham's Social Bar is living up to it's name with nights this month for board games, tapas, quiz, vinyl and of course for Halloween a Spook Nite.

Tomorrow week Wingfield Barns are showing Akenfield , made in 1974 and shot in and around Charsfield.  Later in the month there's a Ceilidh Light Party and a Yoga Day Retreat.

A home in Judith Avenue Knodishall was broken into towards the end of last week and two watches stolen.  Any info please contact Lowestoft CID quoting crime reference 37/ 56185/25, you can call 101.

7:00-10:30pm tomorrow evening it's Bar Night in the Parham village hall.

The Sweffling Printroom will be open Saturday and Sunday for the show Dissent and Displacement.  We visited last month and the artist Monica Petzal was engagingly informative and there might be tea and cake.

♫ We fear that the Sweffling Jam Parties won't be returning.

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

♫ Jerry Joseph on stage at Maverick last year is returning to near the coast playing the John Peel Centre Stowmarket Sunday.

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.

♫ Saturday Funk, Soul and Motown from The Optics with bar and fast food in St Peter's Sibton to help fix the roof ... nice.

♫ Upcoming afternoon Framlingham Concerts are pianist Maiko Mori Wednesday week and in November the Woolf String Quartet.  Buy a ticket online or by email before 12 Nov and be entered into a draw for free tickets to the four spring concerts.

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

Support for Windows 10 ends tomorrow week but you can extend it to 2026 for free.

PM:  Well there was, now fully booked again.

The Sudbourne Printmakers upcoming workshops were fully booked but there are now two linocut dates available including in November make your own Christmas cards. 

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

Actor Ben Willmott moonlighting as Media at the Eastern Angles wants you to know that Hightide's Ghost Stories by Candlelight will be visiting them in Ipswich Tuesday.  Other upcoming shows near the coast are Diss, Lowestoft and Halesworth.

Norwich Devils' second Rookies tomorrow.

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

The tractorati quivered with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emailed out this afternoon.  Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

Neale Shepherd has a 1970 Ginetta G15 of dubious quality and is looking for advice.

Long Stratton has a bypass.  It's single carriageway with two roundabouts one of which doesn't connect to anything yet .., so not sure it helps much ... especially if you're planning a fish and chip supper.

The new Aldeburgh page archives occasional reports on the seaside town 2020 to 2023.

The YouTube short of Common Ground rehearsing The Tales Our Mother Told! captures the company's endearing madness.  Their autumn tour starts Thursday and we'll hope to catch it in Framlingham or maybe Bungay.