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    Man rescued after jumping on to railway track

    A man's been taken to hospital after being rescued from a railway line in Exeter in the early hours of this morning.


    Trains were cancelled for an hour after the man jumped eight metres from a footbridge on to the track at Longbrook Street.

    Fire and ambulance crews were called out at 2.40am and used specialist equipment and the aerial ladder platform to bring the man to safety.

    There are no details of his condition.

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