Article: Fred the sleepy bat.

FRIDAY 1.50PM: A tiny bat made a surprise appearance at Melton's Julian Graves store this morning.

The bat has been spending the day happily dozing on the wall outside.

Store manager Christine Newby suspected the bat, affectionately named Fred the fruit bat, had been caught in the shop's security shutter and been unable to find his way out last night.

She said: "We found Fred ...

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