A PERSON was taken to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on a ferry in Holyhead this morning (February 29).

The Welsh Ambulance Service and coastguard were called to the port at Holyhead at shortly after 3am.

A spokesperson for the Holyhead Coastguard said: "Holyhead coastguard rescue team were paged this morning at 3.10am to Holyhead port to a person suffering a cardiac arrest on board the ferry.

"Team responded along with Welsh Ambulance Service to incident, casualty was attended to by Welsh Ambulance Service and transported to Bangor hospital.

"Team were back on station by 4.30am."