A woman was rescued from the sea and airlifted to hospital following an incident on a popular Isle of Wight beach yesterday (Monday, November 4).

Emergency teams were alerted to reports of the concern for the welfare of a woman on Shanklin Esplanade shortly after 4pm.

HM Coastguard and lifeboat crews, alongside teams from the IW Ambulance Service and Hampshire and IW Constabulary, were sent to the scene. 

A police spokesperson said the woman was "brought to safety a short time later."

She was taken to St Mary’s Hospital on board the coastguard helicopter.