IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A SUSPECTED chemical leak left 30 people needing medical treatment.

A 400 metre exclusion zone was set up in Severalls Business Park in Colchester and hundreds were told to leave the area as noxious fumes filled the air.

* A chinese lantern caused a blaze when it landed in a family's garden in Colchester.

Flames leapt 20 ft high and spread from conifer trees and along hedges.

* A police officer caught wiht bags of stolen uniform has been cautioned and has quit the force.

PC Mark Thomson, 46, took police armour and high visibility clothing from colleagues and allegedly planned to sell it on eBay.

* A conman who tried to book luxury holidays for folltballers John Terry and Rio Ferdinand using stolen bank card details has been jailed for four and a half years.

Faisal Madani, 48, attempted to spend about £110,000 on other people's credit and debit cards on trips to the Middle East for high profile stars, a court heard.

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