A CAT had to be rescued from a car engine compartment.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out at about 10.15am yesterday (April 25) to St Johns Street just outside the Bar Walls in York.

A spokesman for the service said: "A crew from York attended an incident involving a cat stuck in a car engine.

"The crew managed to locate the car owner and popped the bonnet.

"The cat was then released using crew power only."