Police officers deliver baby girl in five minutes after woman goes into labour in London street

A baby girl was delivered by a trio of police officers on a London street, as her mother waited for an ambulance to arrive.

Weihong Yu called both police and the London Ambulance Service after going into labour on the Kentish Town Road in the north of the capital.

Three police officers from the Metropolitan Police's Central North Command Unit reached her at 9.27pm on Sunday night.

Her daughter was born just five minutes later, with the officers' assistance. An ambulance arrived a minute after the baby's birth.

"Response team officers work hard around the clock to keep Londoners safe; they have to be ready for anything," said Inspector Jason Stewart. "It’s great that they were able to use their first aid, medical and people skills for such a happy occasion and assist a woman giving birth.

"She called police and London Ambulance Service after going into labour in the street. Our officers were on hand to help and I’m very proud of their role in comforting the mother and helping this new baby girl arrive."

The mother and unnamed baby girl are doing well in hospital, police said.