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Picture: ReaderALLEN SALTER

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Colchester: Blaze at Chinese Restaurant

Picture: Gazette reader STEVE PRIOR

Picture: Gazette reader STEVE PRIOR

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Colchester: Blaze at factory

Walton: Coast taking a battering

Walton: Coast taking a battering

Walton: Coast taking a battering

Night shot as rig is manoeuvred into position

Night shot as rig is manoeuvred into position

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Windfarm operations come to Brightlingsea

Easy does it – a rail worker lays out planks of wood across the mud flats to reach the stranded canine. Submitted picture

Easy does it – a rail worker lays out planks of wood across the mud flats to reach the stranded canine. Submitted picture

Wivenhoe: Rail workers in dog rescue

Maningtree: More fire pictures

Maningtree: More fire pictures

Manningtree: More fire pictures

Manningtree: Pictures of caravan blaze

Manningtree: Pictures of caravan blaze

Manningtree: Pictures of caravan blaze

Saltdog live at Brightlingsea Festival

Saltdog live at Brightlingsea Festival

Saltdog live at Brightlingsea Festival

Boxted: Blaze aftermath

Boxted: Blaze aftermath

Boxted: Blaze aftermath

Wet, wet, wet - a colourful brolly helps lighten the mood. (79226-1)

Wet, wet, wet - a colourful brolly helps lighten the mood. (79226-1)

Colchester: We're going down a storm!

Down safe - Paul Findlay on the ladder at this house. Picture: STEVE ARGENT (79205-1)

Down safe - Paul Findlay on the ladder at this house. Picture: STEVE ARGENT (79205-1)

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Colchester: ‘Help, I’m stuck on my roof’

The Air Ambulance on the Walton beach. Picture: Gazette reader JOHN KILLICK

The Air Ambulance on the Walton beach. Picture: Gazette reader JOHN KILLICK

Clacton: Colchester man dies on beach

Flooding woe - Jacqui Stone, of Sudbury Road, Halstead, had a lucky escape after a water main burst outside her property. Pics: LOUISE MORRIS 78957-1

Flooding woe - Jacqui Stone, of Sudbury Road, Halstead, had a lucky escape after a water main burst outside her property. Pics: LOUISE MORRIS 78957-1

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Halstead: Flood sparks bypass calls

The Old Anchor after yesterday's fire. (78857-1)

The Old Anchor after yesterday's fire. (78857-1)

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Feering: 'My whole life in flames'

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North Essex: Rail passengers stranded

Colchester: Car mounts central reservation

Wivenhoe: Ernest Road flooding

Wrecked - Essex firefighters tackle the flames at the old Harwich Primary School site. Picture: RUTH RING

Wrecked - Essex firefighters tackle the flames at the old Harwich Primary School site. Picture: RUTH RING

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Harwich: Gutted by fire

Scene - armed officers in Mill Road. Picture: Gazette reader DAVID YATES

Scene - armed officers in Mill Road. Picture: Gazette reader DAVID YATES

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Colchester: Armed police in street siege

Pictures: Gazette reader CHRIS RICHARDS

Pictures: Gazette reader CHRIS RICHARDS

Frinton: Air ambulance drops in

Picture: Gazette reader RUTH O'ROURKE

Picture: Gazette reader RUTH O'ROURKE

Colchester: Armed police stop car

Collision - a woman was taken to hospital after her car crashed into a fence in Clacton. her injuries are not life-threatening. Picture: Gazette reader Gabby Wilden

Collision - a woman was taken to hospital after her car crashed into a fence in Clacton. her injuries are not life-threatening. Picture: Gazette reader Gabby Wilden

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Clacton: Woman hurt in crash

Aftermath - police on the scene by the stricken Audi. Picture: Reader JAMIE CURTIS

Aftermath - police on the scene by the stricken Audi. Picture: Reader JAMIE CURTIS

Halstead: Car catches fire

Blocked - the accident on the A12 at Kelvedon. Picture: Gazette reader DAVID JOHNSON

Blocked - the accident on the A12 at Kelvedon. Picture: Gazette reader DAVID JOHNSON

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Essex: Another day of trouble on A12

Pictures: Gazette reader Elisabeth Sippings

Pictures: Gazette reader Elisabeth Sippings

Copford: Peacocks thrown!

Scene - emergency services at the level crossing near Hythe Station, Colchester. Pictures: NIGEL BROWN (76372-7)

Scene - emergency services at the level crossing near Hythe Station, Colchester. Pictures: NIGEL BROWN (76372-7)

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Colchester: Woman is killed in crossing accident

Scene - the collision on the A12 at Witham which caused delays for commuters. Picture submitted to i-witness by reader DAVID JOHNSON

Scene - the collision on the A12 at Witham which caused delays for commuters. Picture submitted to i-witness by reader DAVID JOHNSON

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Five-car crash on A12 causes rush hour delays

Easter: It's snow fun!

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Colchester: Something to smile about in a roundabout way

Scene - police and an ambulance outside the Peveril Hotel. Picture submitted by Gazette reader to i-witness.

Scene - police and an ambulance outside the Peveril Hotel. Picture submitted by Gazette reader to i-witness.

Colchester: Man dead in hotel

Picture: submitted by Gazette reader DAVID JOHNSON

Picture: submitted by Gazette reader DAVID JOHNSON

Colchester, Birch, Kelvedon: Woman suffers head injury in crash

Road open - traffic passes the site of the lorry fire on Friday after the A12 was reopened.(75165)

Road open - traffic passes the site of the lorry fire on Friday after the A12 was reopened.(75165)

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Essex: More accidents, so more A12 closures

Pictures taken by Essex officers attending today's protest march in London. Submitted to i-witness@nqe.com

Pictures taken by Essex officers attending today's protest march in London. Submitted to i-witness@nqe.com

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Essex officers take to capital's streets

Picture sent in via i-witness by Gazette reader Chris Richards

Picture sent in via i-witness by Gazette reader Chris Richards

Frinton: Helicopter drops in

North Essex: Recovery of stricken A12 lorry continues

Mind the doors - the train makes its way along the street, within feet of residents' homes. Submitted picture.

Mind the doors - the train makes its way along the street, within feet of residents' homes. Submitted picture.

Colchester: A real monster!

Walton: Waves pound shore during surge

Scene - the car embedded in the restaurant. Submitted picture

Scene - the car embedded in the restaurant. Submitted picture

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Dovercourt: Car crashes into restaurant

Before and after - firefighters battling the blaze... Picture: ESSEX FIRE SERVICE

Before and after - firefighters battling the blaze... Picture: ESSEX FIRE SERVICE

Twinstead: Blaze leaves family of five homeless

Colchester: North Hill blaze

Partly submerged - the John Deere tractor in the pond at Mill Pond farm, Little Oakley, after the mishap involving Gary May. Picture: SUBMITTED

Partly submerged - the John Deere tractor in the pond at Mill Pond farm, Little Oakley, after the mishap involving Gary May. Picture: SUBMITTED

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Little Oakley: Classic tractor driver gets that sinking feeling

Picture: Gazette reader STAN REDMAN

Picture: Gazette reader STAN REDMAN

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North Essex: 'UFOs' were definitely lanterns

Pictures: Gazette reader DAVID JOHNSON

Pictures: Gazette reader DAVID JOHNSON

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Coggeshall: Biker hurt in crash

Authentic pizza - a tractor was needed to bring the oven through the doors of the restaurant in Manningtree.

Authentic pizza - a tractor was needed to bring the oven through the doors of the restaurant in Manningtree.

Manningtree: Pizza the action as oven moves in

Queuing traffic on the A12 after yesterday's accident. Picture: Gazette reader JULIE LEEK

Queuing traffic on the A12 after yesterday's accident. Picture: Gazette reader JULIE LEEK

Mid-Essex: Crash teen dies in hospital

Stuck - queuing traffic on the A12 today. Picture: JULIE LEEK

Stuck - queuing traffic on the A12 today. Picture: JULIE LEEK

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Mid-Essex: Crash shuts A12

Drama emergency services and residents at Tollesbury during the rescue. Picture: DAVID JOHNSON

Drama emergency services and residents at Tollesbury during the rescue. Picture: DAVID JOHNSON

Tollesbury: Pilot's amazing escape

Picture submitted to i-witness by a Gazette reader

Picture submitted to i-witness by a Gazette reader

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Kelvedon: Lorry blaze on A12

Waiting game - armed police in Old Heath Road. Picture: JAMES TUTE

Waiting game - armed police in Old Heath Road. Picture: JAMES TUTE

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Colchester: Armed police in road drama

l New arrival the Galatea will help provide aids for navigation. Picture: SUBMITTED

l New arrival the Galatea will help provide aids for navigation. Picture: SUBMITTED

Harwich: New ship causes a stir at port

Help at hand - the lifeboat approaches the yacht on Mersea Flats...

Help at hand - the lifeboat approaches the yacht on Mersea Flats...

Mersea: Lifeboat crew rallies to save stricken yacht

Take-off - the air ambulance lifts off from Church Road, Tiptree, after the crash between three cars and a cyclist. Picture: GAZETTE READER DAVID JOHNSON

Take-off - the air ambulance lifts off from Church Road, Tiptree, after the crash between three cars and a cyclist. Picture: GAZETTE READER DAVID JOHNSON

Tiptree: Cyclist hurt in three-car crash

Reader picture sent in by David Johnson.

Reader picture sent in by David Johnson.

Tiptree: Motorist cut free after car crash

Pictures oof the blaze submitted by readers - see more by following the link below

Pictures oof the blaze submitted by readers - see more by following the link below

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Harwich: 100 firefighters tackle warehouse inferno

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