Firefighters and paramedics rescued a man who slipped and fell into an empty private swimming pool.

A fire crew from Keighley responded to the incident in Harewood Road, Keighley, at 2.30pm on Sunday.

Watch commander Mark Whitaker said: “A man had slipped into the pool and injured his back. We helped the ambulance people lift him out on an extrication board.”

The man was taken to Airedale Hospital, Steeton.