Light aircraft crashes with two on board

A light aircraft thought to have been carrying two people has crashed in Greater Manchester, with emergency services called to the scene.

Police, firefighters and an air ambulance were sent to a patch of farmland close to the M62 in Littleborough, Rochdale, shortly after 11:00 GMT.

According to the Flight Radar website, which monitors air traffic, the downed aircraft is a small Cirrus SR 20 and had taken off from Birmingham.

The model of plane is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a nearby pylon.