A man has been airlifted to hospital after reports of a stabbing today.

A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics were called to Tiptree Crescent in Clayhall just before 10am today.

He said crews treated a man believed to be in his 30s, who was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

Det Ch Insp Neil Lemon, from Redbridge Police, said the man’s injuries were not life-threatening.

A second person was treated for minor injuries before making their own way to hospital.

The air ambulance landed at nearby Parkhill Infants School in Clayhall.