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The Suffolk Smoke Company focusses on authentic, Texas-style smoked meats

PARTS of the A12 are set to close overnight for five weeks for resurfacing and bridge maintenance works as part of a five month programme of improvements for the road. The first stage of works has been split into two phases, the first of which is underway already and leaves drivers facing a nine mile diversion through some of Colchester’s busiest roads. It will see the A12 westbound closed between junctions 27 for Spring Lane in Colchester and junction 26 for Eight Ash Green. The road will be closed overnight between 8pm and 6am every day of the week for a total of five weeks.

PARTS of the A12 are set to close overnight for five weeks for resurfacing and bridge maintenance works as part of a five month programme of improvements for the road. The first stage of works has been split into two phases, the first of which is underway already and leaves drivers facing a nine mile diversion through some of Colchester’s busiest roads. It will see the A12 westbound closed between junctions 27 for Spring Lane in Colchester and junction 26 for Eight Ash Green. The road will be closed overnight between 8pm and 6am every day of the week for a total of five weeks.

David Baker, from Fordham, died at the age of 75 after a struggle with cancer. His lasting legacy is the village’s community orchard, which was first floated as a project in 2008 after land belonging to the Woodland Trust was made available. Now boasting a mixture of fruit trees, David and a group of fellow conservationists set out to transform the 500 acres of land. Close friend Simon Aldridge said: “This beautiful little area has become a shining beacon within the ever-declining varieties of apple, fruits, plums and gages. “The orchard contains some of the rarest varieties o...