An incident in which a man stopped breathing before being airlifted to hospital, is not being treated as suspicious.

A police spokesman said: 'I can confirm police were called Knyvett Green in Ashwellthorpe shortly after 6.10pm on Sunday October 1. We were called by paramedics who were attending after a man had collapsed.'

The man from Ashwellthorpe was airlifted to hospital in a life-threatening condition.

An area around Knyvett Green was cordoned off after a large response from all three emergency services.

A spokesman for the East Anglian Air ambulance said their Norwich helicopter was dispatched at around 6.20pm.

Several fire appliances also attended the scene along with police units.

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) said following treatment at the scene, they resuscitated the patient who was airlifted to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.