A woman has been airlifted to hospital this morning after she suffered a head injury in an accident involving a horse on Sheppey.

An ambulance and paramedic car went to an address off Chequers Road, Minster, after a call at 9.40am.

The woman, believed to be in her 60s, had what is described as an isolated head injury.

The air ambulance was called to help and took the woman to Queen's Hospital, Romford.

It is reported the helicopter landed in a field near Bell Farm Lane.