A woman rushed to hospital in a 'critical' condition after collapsing with a suspected heart attack.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said the drama happened in The Walks, off Tennyson Road, on Monday afternoon.

'We were called at 5.30pm yesterday to a report of a woman who was not breathing,' he added.

'An ambulance crew, rapid response vehicle, ambulance officer, fire service co-responders and East Anglian air ambulance were dispatched.

'They treated a woman who was in cardiac arrest who was taken by land ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a critical condition.'

The woman's age and name have not been released.