A man was airlifted and taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg following an incident at the Purbeck coast.

Coastguards from Wyke Regis and Lulworth, as well as the R175 coastguard helicopter, were called to the scene at Bindon Hill at Lulworth this afternoon.

The man was airlifted to Dorchester Rugby Club where coastguards had prepared the landing site, and was then taken by ambulance to Dorset County Hospital.