Woman dies after cliff fall in Dorset

Dorset police said the local woman aged in her 50s had "passed away this morning from her injuries".

She had suffered serious head and chest injuries after falling from Peveril Point, near Swanage, on Saturday at around 2.30pm.

A passer-by saw her fall from the cliff and had alerted emergency services.

She was airlifted from the cliffs by the coastguard helicopter and was initially treated by paramedics then flown to Southampton General Hospital by the air ambulance.

Chief Inspector Bob Acaster, of Dorset Police, said emergency services including coastguard and the ambulance services had "worked hard in very difficult weather" to reach her.

A force spokesman said the woman's family have been informed.