A 15-year-old boy has been left red-faced after becoming stuck in a pair of handcuffs at a bowling alley in Essex.

A 15-year-old boy has been left red-faced after becoming stuck in a pair of handcuffs at a bowling alley in Essex.

Firefighters were called to CJ's Bowling in Hockley at around 9pm yesterday with reports that the boy had been playing with the handcuffs and had lost the key.

They used specialist cutting equipment to free the boy, who was unharmed by the ordeal and left in the care of his dad.