PARAMEDICS and rescuers were called after a woman was injured by a cow at the weekend.

Volunteers from the Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team were called into action for a third time over the weekend, having received reports of an injured woman close to Barley, in the Forest of Bowland.

It was the third job volunteers had attended in a matter of days – after six weeks of not being deployed.

A spokesperson said: “Once on scene were able to support the North West Air Ambulance Charity and North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust crews to package and then transport the casualty to the awaiting ambulance.

“Whilst some team members returned to base and sorted the water rescue kit used in the morning, a few travelled over to Preston to retrieve some of the specialist equipment used on the job.

“Once finally returned, vehicles washed and sorted all team members were finally on the way home / to get on with any of their remaining weekend plans by shortly after 4pm.”

The Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team is a fully voluntary organisation which responds to those in need in our local community.

The teams' volunteers are on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and they rely entirely on donations from members of the public to carry out this essential life-saving rescue service.