A child has been taken to hospital after he was involved in a collision with a car in Bury St Edmunds.

Police were called at 3.50pm to Hardwick Lane in the town after reports that the boy, nine, had been hurt.

On arrival they found him to have minor injuries, described by a police spokesman as “cuts and bruises”.

He added: “It did not appear to be serious he was taken to West Suffolk Hospital to be checked over”.