AN eleven-year-old boy has been taken to hospital in Hereford after taking what is believed to have been a 'legal high'.

Emergency services were called to a park near Penhaligon Way, off Edgar Street, on Wednesday evening.

An ambulance attended and he was taken to Hereford County Hospital.

A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: "We were called to a park by Shinwell Road about 6pm on Wednesday to a report of an 11-year-old boy who is believed to have taken an as of yet unidentified substance thought to be a legal high.

"Enquiries are currently ongoing."