A large bull has been spotted on the loose at a Lancashire motorway service station.

The bull was being led out of a trailer at Charnock Richard Welcome Break services on the M6 when it broke free from its handler and charged around the car park at about 08:10 GMT.

"The owners tried to surround it and catch it, but the bull was having none of it," one eyewitness said. "The bull didn't seem angry or aggressive in any way - just happy to be free to give its owners the runaround."

Witnesses said the bull disappeared through a fenced area at the rear of the car park and into fields behind it. Its owners were in hot pursuit and it is not yet known whether it was recaptured.