A climber who fell from a cliff around the coast from Porthleven sparked a multi-agency services rescue last night.

An emergency call was made just after 6.15pm after the climber fell down the cliff edge on the eastern side of Trewavas Cliff at Rinsey.

Both the inshore and all-weather lifeboat from Penlee were launched, joining the coastguard rescue teams from Porthleven and Penzance.

A spokesperson for Penlee RNLI said: “The all-weather lifeboat Ivan Ellen and the inshore lifeboat Mollie and Ivor Dent were soon heading across Mount’s Bay, arriving quickly on scene.

“Our main task was to locate the casualty, to guide the coastguard rescue helicopter 924 to the exact position, and to provide safety cover during the casualty air lift.

“As always, this was a well-coordinated search and rescue operation which resulted in the safe evacuation of the casualty and a swift transfer to hospital.”

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It has been a busy few days for emergency services in Cornwall.

On Sunday crews from Helston and Falmouth fire stations attended a tractor fire, Tolvaddon firefighters investigated a fire in the open, a horse rider fell on the old A30 and there was a fire at a care home.

The tractor was carrying around 240 litres of diesel when it burst into flames.

Falmouth RNLI also had a busy Sunday, with three callouts in the space of 12 hours.

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The first call came early, at 12.55am, with both the inshore lifeboat and the larger all-weather lifeboat launched shortly afterwards to reports of shouts for help being heard from Penryn River, near Greenbank.