Emergency services have helped rescue a horse which was stuck in a ditch.

Fire crews, were called to Mill Lane, Walpole Highway, at 7.54am, on Monday, January 29, to rescue a horse stuck in a ditch.

Using specialist animal rescue equipment, two crews, one from Thetford and another from Outwell safely removed the horse from the ditch shortly before 11am.

A vet was in attendance, and the horse is believed to unharmed by the incident.