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PICTURED: Fire crews rescue horse from slurry pit

Fire crews this morning rescued a horse from a slurry pit in Shropshire.

Published Dec 8, 2014

The horse, called Chester, was trapped in the pit in Westcott Lane, Goldstone, near Hinstock.

Specialist crews from Wellington were called to the scene as well as a crew from Market Drayton.

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