West Midlands Ambulance Service confirm that a man was rescued from the River Wye on Friday evening.

A spokesperson told Your Herefordshire:

“We were called by the fire service to reports of a patient in the river near Villa Street, Hunderton in Hereford at 4.52pm on Friday 13th February.

“An ambulance and paramedic officer responded to the scene.

“The patient, a man, was helped out of the water before he was assessed by paramedics.

“The man declined hospital treatment.”