Hundreds of diners gathered last night at a special evening in a popular Hadleigh restaurant to raise cash for a breast screening unit.

Success - event organiser Diane Burrow, left, with assistant restaurant manager Karen Saul and manager Tanzi Lobner and some fundraising prizes Picture: DAVE HENDERSON

An Italian buffet and disco was laid on at La Quinta restaurant in Benfleet Road to gather funds for the Lady McAdden Bust unit, behind Southend Hospital.

The four-hour event kicked off at 8pm and Simon Duke, who jointly owns La Quinta with his brother Rupert, said it was a huge success.

He said: "The unit gets no funding from the Government and as soon as we heard they wanted to hold a function here we agreed.

"The tickets sold out within 48 hours of going on sale, so we knew it was going to be a hugely successful night."

Published Friday March 5, 2004

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