A man has been airlifted to hospital this afternoon (Monday) after the horse he was riding fell on him.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called to a field at the rear of Park Road in Norton at around 2.45pm.

A man in his sixties  is understood to have sustained a neck injury after the horse stumbled and fell, landing on him.

He was taken to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough for treatment.

A paramedic also attended the scene.