A seven-year-old boy has died after falling off a wall at a pub in east London.

Emergency services were called to the premises in Romford at about 5.20pm on Tuesday.

The boy was found with serious injuries and taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead an hour later.

The Metropolitan police said the death is being treated as unexplained and his next of kin have been informed. A postmortem examination will be held in due course.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed.