Harrison Ford injured in Star Wars filming

Harrison Ford. Picture: AP

Hollywood star Harrison Ford has been airlifted to hospital after being injured on the set of the latest Star Wars film.

The 71-year-old actor was reported to have suffered an ankle injury at Pinewood Studios, in Buckinghamshire, where the latest instalment of the famous franchise - Star Wars: Episode VII - is being filmed.

He was flown to a hospital in Oxford for treatment yesterday.