An air ambulance was scrambled to West Bay this morning.

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance helicopter was believed to be attending a medical emergency in the resort.

Website flight radar showed the helicopter flying over West Dorset at around 11:10am, landing in West Dorset at approximately 11:20am. 

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 10:30am on Thursday, February 15to an incident in West Bay.

"We sent a double-crewed land ambulance and an air ambulance and we conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Dorset County Hospital.”

The incident came as half term visitors were enjoying West Bay.

More to follow.