A man is in hospital after being stabbed in Gants Hill this morning.

A stretch of Cranbrook Road from Eastern Avenue to Shere Road, Gants Hill is currently closed as police carry out investigations.

They were called at 1.50am to reports of a man being stabbed in the chest in Headley Approach.

Ambulance staff and an Air Ambulance doctor treated the man at the scene before taking him as a priority to an East London hospital, where he is now stable.• Did you see what happened? Call 020 8477 3806, or email newsdesk@ilfordrecorder.co.uk.