TWO police officers have been praised after rescuing a 61-year-old man from the canal in Burnley.

Police were called to the canal near the back of the Sainsbury's store off Active Way at 1.30pm on Sunday afternoon.

A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "We were contacted by a neighbour of a man after a note was left at 11am.

"We spoke on the phone and negotiated with him to find he was at the back of the Prestige block near Sainsbury's on the canal.

"When officers arrived he was seen to jump into the water and two officers jumped in after him."

The man was brought out of the water and armed response officers gave him first aid as he was suffering the effects of hypothermia and was taken to hospital.

The police spokesman added: "Both officers have got new uniforms after they were wet.

"The Burnley superintendent sent them an email thanking them for jumping in to save him and it is a credit to them."