An unflappable nature is a must for any journalist, but Coventry Evening Telegraph reporter Steve Evans was really put to the test when he spotted a swan crossing one of the city's busiest roads.

He and photographer James Balfour came across the bird as they made their way to what they thought was a routine assignment to meet an author at a bookshop. They became part of the unfolding drama as they leapt to its rescue.

Motorists swerved as Steve chased the bird along the brow of Coventry Canal bridge in Foleshill Road.

Steve gets to grips with the bird