A woman has been taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after going into cardiac arrest this morning.

Two ambulance crews and the Herts Air Ambulance were called to Wansbeck Close in Stevenage at about 10.30am after reports of a woman in her 40s collapsing.

Following treatment at the scene, she was taken by land ambulance to Lister Hospital for further care.

The woman remains there at the present time.