A woman was taken to hospital last night after falling 15ft from a bridge on to a floating pontoon.

Barbara Gervais, 46, from Chichester, had been sitting on a wall at the quayside in Arundel's High Street when the accident happened yesterday at 4.20pm.

Fire crews from Arundel, Worthing and Storrington were involved in the rescue, before paramedics took her to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester.

The extent of her injuries is not yet known although she complained of back pains and soreness in her left arm.

She is now believed to be recovering at home.