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Swan family halts Toon rush-hour

Tyneside’s rush-hour traffic was briefly brought to a standstill when two swans and their cygnets wandered across a busy road. Passers-by rushed to stop cars as the six birds tried to cross the busy Claremont Road roundabout in Newcastle city centre on Thursday.

Vehicles on the sliproad for the city’s central motorway were stopped in both directions for several minutes as the animals were ushered in the direction of Leazes Park. The BBC reports that once there, the family of swans apparently headed for the lake.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .