Two people, an 85-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman, were injured in separate falls last night.

The police said the man was at his home in Triq ix-Xarretta, Santa Venera when he fell from a height of around one storey after feeling sick just before 11pm.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance and although he was initially in a critical condition, his condition has since improved.

The woman was grievously injured when she fell a height of around 1.5 storeys from a window at her home in Triq il-Miġbha, Mellieħa at 3.40am.

She was taken to hospital by ambulance.

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