A person has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after they collapsed in a retail park.

Emergency services descended on Vauxhall Road in the Canterbury City Retail Park at about 8am this morning.

An air ambulance landed in the area - and police and paramedics were at the scene of the medical incident.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We were called shortly before 8am today to reports a person had collapsed.

"Ambulance crews attended and were joined at the scene by the air ambulance service.

"The person was treated at the scene before being taken by road to William Harvey Hospital in a serious condition."

The ambulance service could not confirm the gender of the person but said they are an adult.

Police also confirmed they assisted paramedics at the scene.