A heavy police presence was previously seen as a 'major incident' took place at popular tourist hotpot, Weymouth, with the beach completely evacuated to make way for an air ambulance View 3 Images The incident took place at Weymouth Beach (Image: Getty Images)

Locals and tourists were forced to evacuate the popular Weymouth beach , which sits on Dorset's Jurassic coastline, due to a major incident declared by emergency services. Previously, it was not made clear why such a heavy police presence was needed.

Now, officials have released a statement regarding the scene, which they claimed was due to a " medical incident ". Earlier today, taking to X, a passerby wrote: "Weymouth beach cleared for air ambulance to land and multiple police officers and ambulances around Weymouth

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