Officer in serious condition after being hit by train while saving distressed man

A police officer is in a serious condition after being hit by a train while saving a "distressed man" who was on the tracks.

Nottinghamshire Police said they were called to a residential area in Balderton, near Newark-on-Trent, over concerns for a man's safety just before 7pm on Thursday.

The officer was taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham along with the man who was on the railway lines, whose injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.