Five emergency service vehicles have been called to an incident on a town's high street.

Four police cars and one ambulance are attending an incident on London Road North in Lowestoft.

A spokesperson for police, said:'We are assisting the ambulance service with a medical episode.'

Witnesses said a large police presence flocked to the area before 8.30 this morning.

An East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spokesperson said: 'Soon after 8am a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance and the East Anglia Air Ambulance from Norwich attended a call near London Road North in Lowestoft after reports of a man with breathing difficulties.

'The individual was taken by road to James Paget Hospital.'

Lowestoft Road North has now been cleared.