Firefighters rescued a young girl who was stuck up a tree near Dorchester this morning.

Two crews from the Dorchester fire station were sent out to help the girl after the report came in at about 9.20am.

The girl, who was primary school age, had climbed about five metres up the tree in West Hill in Charminster but got her foot stuck and she could not get down.

Safe working at height equipment and a triple extension ladder was used to rescue the child.