People stopped to watch as a giant spa bath was hoisted over the roof tops by crane into the back garden of a Banbury home.

The half-ton spa - two and a half metres square and one metre deep - was lifted over the roof of a house in Bloxham Road, Banbury, into the back garden.

Rob Jones, managing director, with Rosie, left, and Liz Heath, of Midlands Spa Baths, giving the spa a dry run.Mike Heath, PR manager for Midland Spa Baths of Coventry, which supplied the luxury bath, said the crane moved "like a ballet dancer".

Bob Ewans, depot manager for King Lifting, based in Warmington, near Banbury, said the driver had to be guided by two-way radio as he manouvered the bath into position.