Bird is freed from thatched roof

Firefighters have helped free a jackdaw which became trapped under wire netting on the thatched roof of a 15th Century building in north Devon.

A crew from Ilfracombe fire station were called to the Olde Thatched Inn on Hillsborough Road at 1545 BST after a neighbour spotted the bird.

Firefighters used a ladder to access the roof and made a hole in the wire - the bird flew off 10 minutes later.

The former cottage was converted into a pub in the 1960s.