A woman whose arm became stuck in a letterbox in the early hours of this morning needed help from a crew of firefighters equipped with a crowbar.

The 20-year-old woman’s left arm was trapped in the letterbox of an address in Jackson Walk, Colchester.

Firefighters from the town were called to the scene just before 2.10am this morning. By about 2.30am, with the help of a crowbar, they had managed to help free the woman.