A man was airlifted to hospital after falling from the roof of a home.

The 54-year-old plunged from the roof of the home in the Sherborne Road area of Chichester at 3.40pm on Thursday.

A South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) spokesman said paramedics attended and “assigned an air ambulance to the scene”.

“The man was conscious and suffering from a suspected head injury,” he added.

The man was taken to Southampton General Hospital.