In today's Gazette: A man who stole racy pictures of his ex-girlfriend before posting them online has been spared jail.

Chef James Aldous, 22, was given a suspended prison sentence after he crept into his ex's home, logged on to her laptop and downloaded 20 topless pictures of her and placed them on the web.

* The number of Colcehster residents who have never had a job has jumped by more than 300 per cent in ten years.

Comparison figures were released using census data from 2001 and 2011 were released by Colchester Council.

* A lorry driver from Tiptree was brought back to life thanks to paramedics who spent 30 minutes resuscitating him.

* A hero dog walker stopped a woman from being robbed on a Clacton playing field.

For more on these and other great stories, see today's Gazette. There is always more in the paper than there is online.