Highways authorities are dealing with a sink hole which has opened up on a road in Colchester

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Essex Highways have coned off part of Oxford Road in the town after the discovery of the hole.

It’s not clear at this stage what has caused the sink hole.

Essex Highways will be carrying out investigations into the cause of the road damage before making a repair.

It joked that on Twitter that it would be looking for a plug to fix the sinkhole.

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“When its all done we’ll probably have a wash-up session,” read the tweet.

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