A woman has been taken to hospital after being found in the water following an incident at the Itchen Bridge.

Police were called approximately 3.15pm yesterday – Thursday, January 9 – to reports of the concern for the welfare of a woman in her 20s at the Itchen Bridge in Southampton.

Officers attended the scene and found the woman in the water before she was taken to hospital.

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Police confirmed she remains in a serious but stable condition.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: “We were called shortly after 3.15pm yesterday (Thursday, January 9) to reports of the concern for the welfare of a woman at the Itchen Bridge.

“Officers attended and the woman, who is in her 20s, was located in the water and was taken to hospital where she remains in a serious but stable condition.”