Volunteers from Kinghorn RNLI helped rescue a woman after she fell into the water last night in East Lothian.

Emergency services were alerted by a member of the public and on their arrival the woman was approximately 30 feet from the Port Seton harbour wall.

The woman was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where she was treated for minor injuries.

Police Scotland said: “Local officers were called to Port Seton harbour in response to a report from a member of the public about a female having fallen into the water from the harbour wall.

“Colleagues from the Scottish Ambulance Service and Coastguard were also contacted. On arrival of the ambulance, the female was seen to be within the water approximately 30 feet from the wall.”

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.