A woman was admitted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed at a scene where two men also suffered “slash wounds”.

Police were called to Church Road, Leyton at 3:37pm yesterday to reports of a man injured.

But on arrival officers and the London Ambulance Service found a woman with stab injuries and two men who had been slashed.

All three were taken to an east London hospital for treatment.

The woman, 30s, is in a stable condition; her injuries are no longer believed to be life-threatening.

The injuries of the two men are not life-threatening.

No arrests have been made but a crime scene remains in place while Waltham Forest police enquiries continue.