Cambridgeshire Police are raising awareness on a scheme they run after a man in his 60s was rescued from a ditch in Huntingdonshire.

Last week, the force received a call from a concerned farmer in Alconbury who had come across a man stranded in a car close to a water-filled ditch.

The man, who is understood to have dementia, had travelled down from Yorkshire and was thought to have been stuck in the car for three hours before he was found.

The farmer called the emergency services and with the help of the fire service, the ambulance crew and the police, the man was assisted from the vehicle, taken to hospital for treatment, and his family were contacted.

The emergency services were called to the scene.The emergency services were called to the scene. (Image: Cambridgeshire Police)

Cambridgeshire Police are now raising awareness of the Herbert Protocol scheme, which helps find people with dementia if they go missing.

The scheme encourages family and friends to keep a document that will help officers in the event that a loved one goes missing, by collating key pieces of information including a physical description, familiar places, health details and an up-to-date photo.