EMERGENCY services were called to locate a casualty on Chesil Beach on Thursday, October 21.

Wyke and Portland Bill’s Coastguard teams, Weymouth & Portland Police, South Western Ambulance Service and a crew from Lyme Regis Lifeboat Station all attended the incident.

Coastguard confirmed they received the call just at 22.21 on Thursday and stood down not long prior to midnight.

The emergency services were all tasked with locating a casualty on Chesil Beach.

A spokesperson for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said:  "We were called on Thursday at 9.39pm about a serious incident at Chesil Beach which we attended."

Dorset Police have been contacted for further information.