A WOMAN was air lifted to hospital from Kington on Monday evening.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called on Monday, August 13 at approximately 5.35pm to a medical emergency in Kington, Herefordshire.

"We responded with a crew in an air ambulance, where a female patient was conveyed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.”

The air ambulance was called to the Recreation Ground in Kington, according to reports on social media.