Rescuers abseil to save stranded sheep

RESCUERS abseiled down a cliff in sub-zero temperatures to save a stranded sheep it emerged yesterday.

The ewe was stuck on a ledge 35 metres above a deep lagoon.

Two RSPCA inspectors descended 20 metres in temperatures of –5C to get to the animal at Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire. It was standing above a disused quarry pit flooded by the sea..