FIREFIGHTERS had to break into the home of a Middlesbrough woman today after she had a diabetic attack.

The woman, who has not been identified, was at her home in Staveley Walk, Overfields, Middlesbrough, with her six-year-old child, when she had the attack just after 7.30 in the morning.

Firefighters from Grangetown went to the woman's home and broke down the door to take the woman outside.

She was given first aid treatment by firefighters until an ambulance crew arrived but she did not need to be taken to hospital.