EMERGENCY crews were sent to the Randolph Hotel this afternoon after a worker fell ill on the scaffolding around the building.

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue service and South Central Ambulance Service sent teams to the hotel in Beaumont Street at about midday.

The hotel’s general manager Michael Grange said: “No one has fallen off the scaffolding but one of the workers has had an epileptic fit and that is why there is an ambulance and fire engine at the scene.”