A man had to be taken to hospital after falling from a 16-foot-ladder while setting up the pantomime in Rickmansworth.

A team member, believed to be in his 30s, was taken to Watford General Hospital with a knee injury after falling while putting up scenery for Aladdin, which is being shown at Watersmeet, High Street.

Adam Gretton, spokesman for the The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: "We were called at 7.10pm on November 30 to a report that a man had fallen 16 feet from a ladder at a property in High Street, Rickmansworth.

"Two ambulance crews were sent to the scene to treat a man in his 30s who had suffered a knee injury."

Councillor Keith Williams, lead member for leisure, community and wellbeing at Three Rivers District Council said: "He has received treatment and appears in good spirits and we wish him a speedy recovery."