COMPANY bosses are celebrating after securing a £38million deal to build power stations in war-torn Iraq. Clacton-based Delta Design Systems has won its biggest ever contract to build two power stations in the capital Baghdad. The deal will safeguard
LENNON and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Bono and the Edge, even Doherty and Barat. Some musicians simply come as pairs. So when it was announced last September that “rockney” duo Chas and Dave would be going their separate ways after 35 years together
THEY’VE been rockin’ all over the world, but Status Quo will be appearing in Ipswich later this year. Their 28-date Quid Pro Quo tour visits the Regent Theatre, on Tuesday, November 16. The rockers have already confirmed shows in 15 countries this
FOR many living in north Essex, Dedham is the place you aspire to if you somehow manage to grow both old and rich. So it seems logical eating there, in a picturesque restaurant overlooking the river, where hundreds come to relax every weekend, would
TWO top pubs in north Essex have been shortlisted for the final of the Great British Pub Awards. The Anchor Inn, in Nayland, and the Victory, in West Mersea, have won the titles of the best green pub and the best food pub in the East Anglia region respectively
AN online calculator telling Colchester residents what benefits they are entitled to has been launched. Colchester Council has updated the revenues and benefits section of its website to encourage more people to use it. The authority will save money
A YOUNG entrepreneur from Colchester has launched a new service for businesses looking for marketing and public relations on a shoestring. Rechenda Smith, 27, has set up rechendasmithpr.co.uk after seven years in the industry. Holder
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a tent was destroyed in a fire. Firefighters were called to the canvas home off Clear Road, Layer Marney, at about 10.45pm last night. On arrival they discovered the tent was completely alight
David Mooney feared he had broken his leg against Hereford United. But the Irish striker has handed Colchester United a boost by declaring he could be fit for their big clash with Sheffield Wednesday this weekend. Mooney, on loan from Reading, went
A training company has plans to use a wood in Wakes Colne to train emergency services by staging simulated accidents and disasters. Allied Medical Support already runs training simulations at its centre at Wakes Hall Business Centre. Now it is asking
A BUSINESSMAN’S plan to bring fresh life to Colchester’s former lido has succeeded. Six months ago, Scott Horton took over a disused boxing club. vowing to give the once-popular outdoor swimming spot under the road bridge in Colne Bank Avenue
