Lucky escape from New Cut mud

A man in his 30s had a lucky escape when he got stuck in the mud in the Avon New Cut. Fire crews turned up in Coronation Road after the man was spotted late last night. Fire and Rescue staff had to use ropes and lines to rescue the man, who was taken to hospital as a precaution.

A spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: 'Firefighters managed to navigate the steep banks and rescue the casualty from the mud.' Nobody seems to know how the man became stuck or what he was doing at the time.