A driver was taken to hospital after his car flipped on to its roof this morning.

The Ambulance Service has confirmed a man in his 30s was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone after complaining of neck pain.

Police were called to Bush Road in Wanstead at 8.54am, where a Vauxhall Corsa collided with a lamppost.

Bush Road, Browning Road and Blake Hall Road were closed due to a lamp post lying across the road with exposed wires.

The roads were reopened at 9.45am and police said there were no arrests.