A baby boy has been delivered at the side of the road by police officers after they were flagged down by a van driver when his passenger went into labour.

The officers, both male, were on patrol in Harrow, north London, when the driver waved them down on Kenton Road at around 1.30pm on Sunday.

They pulled over to find out what was wrong and found the passenger in the van was a woman who had started giving birth.

Newborn baby Alex was welcomed into the world and wrapped in a Metropolitan Police fleece.

A crew from London Ambulance Service was then called and mother and baby were transferred to a hospital in north-west London.

Harrow Police later tweeted the good news, saying: "A special Easter delivery, delivered by officers from Harrow Police on Kenton Road this morning. Named Alex."