Brave Pc saves woman from fast-flowing river

The officer, who has asked to remain anonymous, climbed 10ft down the banking and was chest-deep when he was able to grab hold of the woman who was hanging onto a sheet in the fast-flowing current.

The officer was in the water 12 minutes on Sunday afternoon before firemen in immersion suits were able to pass him a hoist, which he placed around the woman so she could be pulled to safety.

Both were taken to Leeds General Infirmary. The officer was later discharged, and the woman has been kept in for observation.

n A 10-year-old child and four other passengers were saved by a fence when flash floods swept their minibus away in Kirbymoorside on the North York Moors.

The youngster, a pensioner suffering suspected hypothermia and an elderly farmer were among 13 people recovering yesterday after being rescued by fire crews during flooding in North Yorkshire.