An air ambulance has been scrambled to a Weymouth playing field to deal with a medical emergency.

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has landed at the Telford Close Play Area in Preston.

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 9.33am on Tuesday, September 17 to an incident near Weymouth.

"We sent two double-crewed land ambulances and an air ambulance to the scene.”

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance were unable to comment at this time.