A KITTEN is safe and sound after being rescued from a service pipe in Sidcup this morning (May 9).

The white animal had been stuck in the pipe for about 20 minutes when the firefighters arrived at around 6.30am.

They managed to pull it out and returned it to its owners at their home in Mallard Walk.

The crew from Sidcup fire station was at the scene for around 30 minutes.