A couple in Cheshire have been reunited with their missing dog after a four-day search on the railway.

Rover went missing in Runcorn on the 30th May, causing a weekend of worry for owners Alan and Laura.

After receiving the report for a missing dog, Andy Smith, a mobile operations manager at Network Rail went to look for Rover.

On Tuesday, Andy found Rover but escaped again before being brought safely away from the railway.

Credit: Network Rail

The team found Rover on a railway embankment around 2 miles from where he escaped.

Dave Ball, off-track team leader at Network Rail, said: “Many of us in my team are dog lovers with pets of our own. Rover is a beautiful Cocker Spaniel and clearly well looked after, so we are so happy that he is reunited safely with his family. It must have been really scary for Rover by the railway and we’re really glad to have got him safely away from danger and back home where he belongs.”

Owners Alan and Laura were overjoyed to be reunited with Rover. Alan said: “We are so grateful to the efforts of the team at Network Rail who rescued Rover. We’ve got our little family back together and we couldn’t be happier.”

Donna Ryan, founder of Bindi’s Lost and Found Pets, said: “We had been looking for Rover for four days in the very hot weather. I am very happy he was returned to Alan and Laura. We are very grateful to Network Rail and the Runcorn community for their work to find him.”