A construction worker who fell ill on the site of the new parliament building needed to be rescued by members of the Civil Protection Department this morning.

The worker, who was on a stretcher, was lifted by a crane from the area of the former Yellow Garage and lowered to the ditch where rescue vehicles were waiting.

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