RUSH hour traffic was temporarily disrupted this morning after two pigs escaped from a trailer in Trowbridge.

It is not yet clear how they became loose from the towed trailer in Frome Road just after 8am but short delays was caused to drivers travelling towards County Way.

Some comments posted on Twitter included:

A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "We received a call at 8.15am reporting that two pigs had escaped from a towed trailer in Frome Road and traffic had been affected.

"Officers attended the scene but the incident had already been cleared."