A British actress has revealed she told police Harvey Weinstein raped her as the organisation behind the Oscars expelled the producer over allegations of sexual abuse.

Lysette Anthony said she had told the Metropolitan Police she was attacked by Weinstein in her London home in the late Eighties.

Scotland Yard had previously said it had received an allegation of sexual assault without naming the producer.

The Hollyoaks actress's claim follows several allegations of rape made by actresses in the US against Weinstein, all of which he has strenuously denied.

On Saturday some of the film industry's most powerful figures, including Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Whoopi Goldberg, voted to expel the film producer from their ranks.