A man who was forced to jump for his life out of his burning home is still in a critical condition in hospital more than two weeks later.

The man had to smash a first-floor window and leap out after a fire broke out.

The blaze happened on August 23 at about 7pm at a house in Coventry Road, Ilford.

Bystanders tried to help and told the man to use a towel to stop himself from getting hurt.

A neighbour who lives opposite the house ran to help him with a ladder after hearing the screams.

But he had to jump through the smashed double-glazed window before he could be rescued.

He needed emergency medical aid at the roadside before the ambulance crew reached the scene.

He is in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, and is still in a critical condition after being admitted with serious burns and a head injury.