Nine cows had to be transported to safety after they escaped into a residential street in Cheshire yesterday.

Lymm Fire Station tweeted that they had "moo-ved" the young animals, one of which had to be recovered from a nearby canal, after they were spotted in Middlewich on Sunday evening (13 March).

Fire crews from Lymm, Middlewich and Bollington had worked together to manoeuvre the cows into a secure area until they could be taken back to safety.

The station's Twitter account stated: "Moo-ve along, nothing to see here.

"Nine young cows managed to escape in Middlewich this evening, one of which had to be recovered from the nearby canal.

"Fire crews from Lymm, Middlewich and Bollington moo-ved them to a secure area until we could get them transported to safety.