A man has been airlifted to hospital following a crash involving a motorcyclist on a Radnorshire road.

The A488 was closed by Dyfed-Powys Police following the collision which was five miles outside Knighton towards Penybont. It reopened at 5.30pm.

The Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent crews to the scene shortly before 11.30am this morning and the Wales Air Ambulance also attended.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "A man was airlifted to hospital in Stoke with serious injuries."The Wales Air Ambulance said its crew arrived at 12.28pm and took the man to the Royal Stoke University Hospital, where it arrived at 2pm.