A boy was badly injured when he fell on to rocks last night.

The 15-year-old was playing on cliffs.

Douglas RNLI volunteer crew were paged at 8.08pm to help the Coastguard recover him.

A Coastguard spokesman said:’Douglas Coastguards were called to a serious incident at the back of Douglas Head lighthouse in which a 15-year-old lad slipped and fell to the rocks below.

’On arrival we were met with a semi conscious casualty on the rocks below and asked for Douglas Lifeboat to be launched to assist.’

In a flat calm sea and with good visibility Coxswain Nel Corran took the all-weather lifeboat, Sir William Hillary, out of Douglas harbour around to the cliffs below Douglas lighthouse.

Volunteer crew members Peter Washington and Andy Cowin used the lifeboat’s daughter boat, an inflatable dinghy, to go ashore first to review and discuss the situation with the Coastguards.

With the casualty safely on board the lifeboat made the short journey back to Douglas harbour where an ambulance was waiting to take the casualty to Noble’s Hospital.