In pictures: Shropshire firefighters come to rescue of horse

[gallery] A horse had to rescue today after falling on its side down a ditch in a Shropshire field.

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Firefighters trained in rescuing large animals used a medical harness to help get the animal back on its feet.

The horse, which was in Diddlebury, Craven Arms, had been on its side for more than five hours by the time help arrived.

Fire crews from Craven Arms and Wellington spent two hours using specialist equipment to stand the horse back up at 10.35am.