Bus driver rescues sheep from busy dual carriageway
One single to the farm, please!
A bus driver was left with a sheepish-looking passenger on her first day behind the wheel.
Martine Patey, a rail replacement driver, spotted the animal causing "havoc" on the busy A27 dual carriageway near Brighton.
With the help of passengers, Martine managed to get the sheep onto her bus before dropping it off at a nearby farm.
Martine said: "The sheep was running all over the road, it was difficult to catch, but then it slipped just in front of me and I was able to get hold of it and to use my handbag strap like a lasso.
"Two other motorists had stopped to help and together we were able to hold onto it until the police arrived."
The sheep had a brief trip on the bus, with the police asking Martine to take it back to a nearby farm.
Martine then resumed her journey to Eastbourne, with the bus arriving only one minute late.