The family of a grandfather who died suddenly due to asbestos exposure have warned how quickly the disease can take hold.

Martin Seex, 62, of Silver Street, Witham, died on November 4 last year from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos.

Mr Seex had worked for Walter Reynolds Engineers for over thirty years.

During his five-year apprenticeship, which started when after he left school in 1965, Mr Seex worked in a factory with an asbestos roof.

Read more in this week's Witham and Braintree Times.