A window cleaner has been injured after falling while working on a house in Southend.

The man fell from a ladder while cleaning first-floor windows at a house in Parkstone Drive at about 9.05am.

He was taken to Southend Hospital where he is being treated for a head wound and injuries to his ribs and wrist.

His condition is not thought to be life-threatening.

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