AT LEAST one person is believed to be trapped after a major landslide in West Dorset.

Emergency services are currently searching through rubble following the fall near Freshwater Beach Holiday Park, Burton Bradstock.

There were dozens of people on the beach at the time of the landslide and it is believed someone was trapped underneath. At least one other was injured.

Coastguard teams, the rescue helicopter, a lifeboat crew, paramedics, police, firefighters and specialist search teams are at the scene.

Crews are there to search for those who may be trapped and to keep the public away from the area surrounding the landslide.