A major response from emergency services was launched at around 10.40am on Saturday November 16 with air ambulances, land ambulances and many police vehicles in Balmoral Crescent.

A West Mercia Police spokesman said: “We were called to an address on Balmoral Crescent in Oswestry at around 10.40am today (Saturday, November 16) to reports of a medical emergency involving a child.” .

Two air ambulances were seen landing in the Meadows area of Oswestry.

Police cars and an ambulance were also seen in Balmoral Crescent.