A BUS service is having to be diverted due to a road closure.

Colchester Road and Maypole Road in Tiptree are closing causing the Number 75 service from First Essex to change its route.

Buses are diverting from Co-op Corner in Tiptree and re-joining just before the zoo.

It is not serving stops between Co-op Corner and Colchester Zoo, which includes Messing Sythes and Birch Heckford Bridge.

The cause of the road closures is currently unknown, however, First has said online that it may be due to new power lines being installed.