A girl had to be rescued by firefighters using giant airbags after she got her leg trapped between two boulders.

Sarah, 15, was playing on the sea defences at Goring yesterday afternoon when she slipped and got wedged between boulders.

Crowds of people stood and watched as firefighters inflated a series of high-pressure airbags to lift one of the five-tonne boulders.

Sub Officer Darren Wickings, from Worthing, said: "The girl was trapped between two of the biggest rocks on the beach. Luckily the airbags can be used to lift things weighing up to 20 tonnes.

"Sarah was brilliant. We bought her an ice cream to keep her occupied but she stayed calm and patient throughout."

Paramedics checked the leg for bruising but Sarah did not need to go to hospital.