A man was taking to hospital with serious injuries after falling from height at a building site in Norwich.

The East of England Ambulance Service were called to Hall Road in the city just before 3pm on Friday after reports that a man had fallen.

The service sent an ambulance crew and the East Anglian Air Ambulance was also in attendance.

They treated a man, believed to be his 50s, with a suspected back injury and he was taken by land ambulance to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for further treatment.

It is believed that the man fell through a roof at the site of The Wherry School which is currently being built.

A spokesperson for the ambulance service said the man's injuries are not thought to be life threatening.