Toddler given bleach to drink

An 11-month-old boy was given a bottle feared to contain bleach as he sat with his mother and grandmother in a fast-food restaurant in London.

The toddler swallowed some of the contents and immediately vomited, police said. He was taken to hospital for observation and his condition is stable.

Police are looking for a white woman in her fifties who gave the child the bottle in McDonald’s, Eltham, south-east London.

The restaurant was temporarily closed and officers are looking at CCTV footage of what happened.

They have recovered the bottle and tests are being carried out to find out what it contained.