A car crash literally turned Daniel Clarke's life upside down.

Not only did he barrel roll his car, but he believes it somehow triggered debilitating Crohn's disease, which has left him unable to work and having to undergo surgery to remove half his small bowel.

Daniel, 30, of Beech Grove, Sible Hedingham, underwent surgery this summer to have half his small bowel removed..

"Crohn's has changed my life," he said.

"I have not been able to work for five or six years because of it."

* Full story in this week's Halstead Gazette.