FIREFIGHTERS had to break in to rescue a man in a diabetic coma.

A crew from Fareham was called out by the ambulance service who could not get into a house where a man was unconscious.

The diabetes sufferer had called for help through an alarm just before he fell unconscious.

They smashed a rear door window at the property, off Yew Tree Drive, Whiteley to gain entry at around 2am this morning.

The man was brought round by paramedics.