POLICE, firefighters and paramedics were called in to rescue a woman from a bridge.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out at about 5.44pm last night (March 2) to Huntington Road in York after reports of a woman in danger on a bridge.

A spokesman for the service said York and Acomb fire crews attended the scene.

He said: "At the request of the police we assisted in bringing a woman down to ground safely from a footbridge, by using a 9 metre ladder.

"She was left in the care of waiting paramedics."