CAVE rescue volunteers saved a lamb which had got stuck down a pothole at the weekend and was unable to get out.

A group of walkers heard the lamb, which was in Fife Pot, Newby Moss, between Ingleton and Clapham, on Sunday afternoon and called the police.

A spokesperson for Clapham based Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) said: "A group of walkers told the farmer at Newby Cote that they had ‘heard a lamb stuck down Fife Pot and it sounded to be in distress.’. North Yorkshire Police passed the message on and a small team drove up to Newby Moss in the Honda Pioneer. Meanwhile, the lamb had gone quiet but was soon found, hauled to the surface and released, apparently unharmed, onto the fell."

It was the 61st call out of the year for CRO, taking a total of seven hours.