Four cows were on the loose in central Oxford early yesterday morning.

Police officers were called at 4.04am to Abingdon Road, where they found four cows by the Head of the River pub.

Police officers called the RSPCA and contacted the porter in Christ Church Meadow who agreed to open the gate.

The cows were returned to the meadow by 5.06am.

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