Trapped animals freed by fire service

Fire crews had to rescue two trapped animals in separate incidents at the weekend. Early on Sunday morning crews were called to help a sheep that had become entangled in barbed wire in a field in Desford Lane, Newtown Unthank. The crews, including a technical rescue team, where called at 6.35am cut the animal free. Crews were also called to an incident off the Loughborough Road, Shoby shortly after 9am on Sunday. A horse was stuck in a ditch and crews helped the farmer use slings to lift the animal to safety using a JCB. A fire service spokeswoman said: "Both animals were freed successfully."