Emergency services - including the air ambulance - descended on a supermarket this afternoon following a 'medical incident'.

Two police cars and the ambulance service were called to Sainsbury's in Herne Bay, which is on the Altira Business Park, in The Boulevard, at 12.14pm.

Video: Emergency services at Sainsbury's in Herne Bay

The air ambulance also landed on a patch of scrubland about 100 yards from the store.

It is understood a man collapsed inside the supermarket, according to a witness.

Customers were still allowed into the shop, but queues were stretching outside.

A spokesman for police said: "Kent Police was called at 12.14pm on Saturday, November 14 to a medical incident in The Boulevard, Herne Bay.

"Officers are in attendance and are providing assistance to South East Coast Ambulance Service."

A Sainsbury's spokesperson said: “We can confirm there was an incident in our Herne Bay store and we are working with the emergency services to support them at this time.”

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