POLICE detectives had a rather unusual job this morning by herding some animals.

Officers in Bracknell stepped in to help herd several sheep off a main road at 5.30am this morning.

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The sheep were diverted away from the road and back to safety earlier this morning.

Bracknell police made light heart of he situation and said: "Officers from team 5 showed excellent workmanSHEEP by herding several sheep off a main road at 05:30 in the morning! Hopefully this will stop a caLAMBity from happening."

Last week, officers also had a hot fuzz moment by having to help a mother swan away from wandering in traffic.

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Posting on Facebook, Thames Valley Police for Bracknell and Wokingham said it was “an interesting shift" for Team 2 as they helped a swan among numerous arrest, robbery, assaults and domestic violence.

They added: “The Swan had gotten separated from its young and was stuck wondering the streets of Woodley in and out of traffic.

"With a bit of help from some members of the public, we were able to get them all safely reunited back on the River Loddon ”