A teenager has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in Woodford Green.

Police were called to St Barnabas Road - at its junction with Snakes Lane East - this afternoon (July 9) to reports of a stabbing.

Officers attended the scene just after 3.30pm where they found a 16-year-old boy suffering with stab injuries.

He has since been taken to hospital, where his condition is believed to be stable.

There have been no arrests as of yet.