A community safety website dubbed the "most comprehensive" in the country was due to be unveiled today.

The new site (see link below) was hailed by police chiefs as a key new crime-fighting weapon for Colchester.

It will be the official home in cyberspace of the town's community safety crime and disorder reduction partnership, an alliance between the police, Colchester Council and hundreds of other agencies and voluntary groups.

Community safety co-ordinator Peter Carrington said it provided a larger bank of information and advice on how to stay safe than any equivalent site.

"We are doing everything possible to provide the best in England for this type of information website," he said.

"It's a first for Colchester because we have tried to cover every eventuality."