A man believed to be in his 60's has been taken to hospital after self-harming in Eltham.

Officers were called to Berryhill at 4.44pm yesterday (May 22) to reports of a man harming himself.

Police attended along with the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.

The man was taken to an east London hospital with possible life-threatening injuries.

Roads were closed as the police dealt with this incident.