AN air ambulance landed on Hereford Racecourse this morning, accompanied by a significant police presence.

There was a police car on the path alongside the racecourse track and four further police cars were seen nearby, parked on Grandstand Road.

The ambulance service said they were called to a medical emergency at a private address in Grandstand Road at 7.53am.

Police said they were called at 7.56am to a concern for welfare on Grandstand Road.