A man who suffered a medical incident near a beach was airlifted to hospital.

It happened near Climping beach, Littlehampton, at about noon today.

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The man was taken to St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester by a coastguard helicopter.

South East Coast Ambulance Service, Littlehampton and Selsey coastguard and a Littlehampton RNLI inshore lifeboat were also called to the scene.