Driver rescued after lorry plunges into canal

A driver has been rescued from a canal by firefighters using an inflatable raft after a heavy goods vehicle plunged into the water.

Emergency services were called to the Trent and Mersey Canal on Booth Lane in Middlewich at 07:00 BST, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

They used the raft to rescue the trapped driver, who was not thought to be seriously hurt, from the cab of the half-submerged lorry, the service said.

Efforts are now underway to remove the vehicle from the canal.

Booth Lane has been closed and drivers have been asked to avoid the area, a fire service spokesman said.