A woman was flown to hospital after being knocked over by two friendly dogs.

She was walking on the South Downs at Wannock near Polegate last night when the two dogs, thought to be boxers, jumped up.

An ambulance service spokeswoman said: "The dogs did not attack her - they were being playful and friendly but they knocked the woman over.

"She hit her head on a hard surface and hurt her back but the injuries were not serious."

The woman, in her 20s, was airlifted by the Sussex Police helicopter to Eastbourne District General Hospital.