Emergency services descended on a church Sunday service after a worshipper suffered a heart attack.

About half a dozen police and ambulance vehicles, including the hazardous area response team (HART), were called to Church Road in the Willesborough area of Ashford just before 10am.

They received a call after one of the bell ringers at St Mary the Virgin Church collapsed and was treated at the scene.

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The Rector at the church, Rev John MacKenzie said members of the congregation acted quickly to treat the man by using a defibrillator which was kept there.

He said: "We are lucky to have been able to have had a defibrillator nearby to treat the man and keep him alive before the ambulance and HART team arrived."

A police spokesman said: "Officers attended Church Road, Willesborough at 9.47am on Sunday, October 1 where they assisted ambulance staff with a medical incident."