A SEVEN-year-old girl has been rescued from a bin in an Ipswich playground.

A SEVEN-year-old girl has been rescued from a bin in an Ipswich playground today.

The youngster needed to be released by firefighters after she found herself stuck in a bin at the play area on Bantoft Terrace in the Racecourse area of town.

One crew from Colchester Road fire station was sent to the girl's aid at about 5.15pm and an electric saw was used to free her by around 5.30pm.

The girl was not thought to have been injured by her ordeal.