Stranded woman airlifted from clifftop

A WOMAN was rescued by a helicopter after becoming stranded on a steep cliff at a Welsh coastal resort.

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The coastguard in Llandudno, Conwy county, was called at 2.30pm on Saturday to the woman stranded on the Little Orme headland, which has a height of 141m (462ft).

The good weather coupled with summer holidays has meant it has been a busy week for coastguards. The call-out to rescue the woman was the eighth this week for the Llandudno coastguard.

Giving details of Saturday's rescue, Llandudno coastguard posted on social media: “We located the casualty and determined that the safest way off the cliff would be with the help of the coastguard helicopter.

“The helicopter winchman successfully retrieved the casualty from the cliff and took her to Bodafon fields, where we carried out medical and welfare checks and reunited her with her partner.”