Anglia Business News

The sunny Bank Holiday has brought out thousands of day trippers providing a much needed boost for the tourism industry.

It follows a cold spring and dismal Easter which meant many traders got their year off to a bad start.

Now things are looking up again with one business in Southend saying it's been a record breaking weekend.

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The mayor of London Boris Johnson has said it would be 'nuts' to build a third runway at Heathrow. He has previously said expanding Stansted is a better option.

Mr Johnson was speaking at a cross-party rally held in Barnes against Heathrow's third runway.

The mayor has said he favours a new "Boris island" airport in the Thames Estuary or possible expansion at Stansted.

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A woman from Haverhill in Suffolk, who won 148 million pounds on the Euromillions lottery, is using some of her winnings to refurbish a children's play centre in the town, which had closed down.

Gillian Bayford and her husband won their millions last August. Gillian says it's important to give something back to the local community. You can see her story in full on ITV News Anglia tonight at 6pm.

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The Norwich based road and rail maintenance company May Gurney is the subject of a £221 million takeover bid.

May Gurney was founded in 1926, and currently employs nearly 6,000 people.

The new offer from construction firm Kier trumps a rival bid made last week by Costain.

If Kier's bid is successful the new company would have an order book worth £5.7 billion pounds.

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• Norwich

Latest job figures show around 11 people are chasing every vacancy in East Anglia. But businesses in the region's high tech industry are warning that a shortage of skilled staff could threaten an economic recovery. Elodie Harper reports.

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Elodie Harper:

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