Emergency services are searching Maidstone after reports a young boy was scaling a shopping centre.

A call to police suggested the youngster was aged between eight and 10 and was seen climbing a sign at the House of Fraser building.

The building overlooks the busy four-lane Fairmeadow road and emergency crews arrived just after 4pm.

But both police and the fire service say they launched a search but did not find a boy in distress.

The fire service has sent a fire engine and a height vehicle, which were parked nearby in Earl Street. Crews left the scene around 4.30pm.