Police investigating after trespasser places 'slow down - sheep on line' sign on Settle to Carlisle railway in Yorkshire Dales

British Transport Police are investigating a bizarre incident in which a trespasser erected a sign on the famous Settle to Carlisle line.

The force's Lancashire division were informed that a trespasser was seen on the railway just north of Horton-in-Ribblesdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park on Tuesday April 5.

When officers attended, they found a home-made sign warning 'slow - sheep on line' had been placed beside the tracks of the mainline, which is used regularly by Northern services, freight trains and steam charters.

The hand-painted sign was made from a wooden pallet fixed to a metal barrier with cabie-ties.