A 30-year-old man was yesterday being treated for back injuries after police said he jumped from a balcony at his home.

Emergency services were called to a block of flats in Yeadon Close, Accrington, at 3.25am yesterday after the man jumped and landed on the balcony of a flat below.

Firefighters used an aerial ladder platform to help paramedics getting to man, and also helped to manouever the stretcher down a narrow staircase.

The man was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital with back injuries.

A police spokesman said: “The man jumped off the balcony and was found conscious and breathing.

“There are no suspicious circumstances.”