Hungry Carlisle tractor driver arrested on pizza hunt Published duration 24 December 2017

image copyright Cumbria Police image caption The driver had apparently taken the tractor into the city centre to try to buy pizza

A tractor driver hungry for pizza has been arrested on suspicion of drink and drug driving in a city centre.

Cumbria Police officers were confronted with the unusual sight of a large, green tractor parked in The Crescent, Carlisle, in the early hours.

Officers tracked the driver down who had driven the vehicle into the city because he fancied a pizza.