Motorway cops were called to a hold-up - when 40 bras tumbled out onto a dual carriageway, stopping traffic.

The under-garments were spilt onto the road in Lancashire, with motorway police called to gather them up.

Police were called to the A56 in Haslingden, around 7.15pm tonight.

The bras were gathered up and the stretch of road, which links the M66 at Ramsbottom and the M65 near Burnley, was re-opened.

North West Motorway Police tweeted from their account: 'Officers in Lancashire recovered around 40 ladies bras from the carriageway this caused a minor hold-up'.