A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex.

Emergency services carried out an extensive search for the man involving police drones and dogs after receiving reports of the incident near Newpound Common, in Wisborough Green, shortly after 9am on Friday.

His body was found in a field at 1.50pm, police said.

The man has not yet been formally identified, but Sussex police said he had been part of a group on a balloon flight from Billingshurst to Dunsfold.

A Sussex police spokesperson said: “An investigation is taking place as to the circumstances and at this time the incident is not being treated as suspicious.”