A newborn baby girl has been found alive in a shopping bag in East London, with police appealing to find the infant’s mother.

The baby was found by a dog walker in Newham last night, who kept the girl warm until paramedics arrived and took her to hospital.

Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Simon Crick expressed concern for the baby’s mother who he said “will have been through a traumatic ordeal and will be in need of immediate medical attention following the birth”.