Firefighters came to the rescue of a mother who had become locked out of her house while her child was locked inside.

A fireman climbed through a window at just before 11am on Friday, in Farmleigh Avenue, Clacton.

He then managed to open the door to the house and mother and child were quickly reunited.

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