A doctor used an Apple Watch to aid an elderly woman who suffered a medical emergency on a flight.

NHS doctor Rashid Riaz, from Hereford, was travelling by Ryanair from Birmingham to Verona for a skiing holiday.

During the journey on 9 January, the woman, in her 70s, experienced shortness of breath, with the cabin crew then asking whether there was a healthcare worker on board.

Dr Riaz, 43, stepped forward to help, and, borrowing the device from a flight attendant, was able to use its native health-monitoring software to gauge the patient’s oxygen levels.