JIM Hehir, Ipswich council's chief executive is recovering after being taken to hospital when he fell ill at the Civic Centre.Mr Hehir, who is 54, underwent what a council spokesman described as "routine" tests after feeling unwell on August 12.

JIM Hehir, Ipswich council's chief executive is recovering after being taken to hospital when he fell ill at the Civic Centre.

Mr Hehir, who is 54, underwent what a council spokesman described as "routine" tests after feeling unwell on August 12.

"We expect him back at civic centre very soon," said the spokesman, who added that the chief executive had recently returned from holiday,