Carol Vorderman has revealed she was recently rushed to hospital in an ambulance after suffering a horror fall which left her unconscious.

The TV personality, 65, took to Instagram to share a health update after she tripped over a tree root outside her home and 'smashed onto the tarmac path' injuring herself.

The Countdown legend explained in a video: 'I've got a bit of a story to tell you about my concussion, which might also explain why I was a bit offline in June.

'So right at the very end of May, I was walking just outside my house on a public footpath, and I tripped over a tree root, which I didn't see.

'And I went smash here on the tarmac path, and I was unconscious.