A woman was taken to hospital after being rescued from the water at a Scots beach.Emergency services raced to the incident after receiving reports of a woman in the water at the Esplanade in Kirkcaldy, Fife, at 5pm on Wednesday, August 28.
Police, ambulance teams and Coastguard crews attended and the woman was rescued from the sea. She was taken to nearby Victoria Hospital for treatment, where her current condition is unknown.
Images from the scene show an ambulance parked on the beach as paramedics attended the incident. Other pictures show a Coastguard rib out at sea during the rescue.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "Around 6.35pm on Wednesday, 28 August 2024 police received a report of a woman in the water at the Esplanade, Kirkcaldy.