Fire and rescue crews were called to Pill Road, Rooksbridge, yesterday evening after a report of a horse stuck in a water filled ditch.

One fire appliance from Cheddar along with the specialist rescue team from Bridgwater were mobilised and confirmed the16 hand horse was in a water filled ditch approximately 5ft deep.

A vet was called to sedate the horse.

Crews set to working securing lines to the horse and rescued it using lifting strops and a local farmers telehandler. The horse was left in the hands of its owner.