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Runner airlifted to hospital after Anglesey cliff fall

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The alarm was raised at Porth Dafarch on Anglesey on Saturday morning

A runner has been airlifted to hospital after falling off a cliff in north Wales.

A major rescue operation was launched after reports a woman had fallen on the Anglesey coast at 10:45 BST.

Coastguard crews from Holyhead, Cemaes Bay and Moelfre were joined by a helicopter from Dublin, and a RNLI lifeboat, in the search near Holyhead.

The casualty had been running at Porth Dafarch and was flown to hospital at 14:00.