A 60-year-old cyclist was taken to a London hospital after suffering a head injury.

Police are appealing for information after the man, who is from Gravesend, was found injured in Peartree Lane, Shorne, at 5.25pm yesterday.

A police spokesman said: “The cyclist was wearing a yellow and green top and was riding a dark coloured pedal cycle and it is not known how the cyclist came to be injured.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 01622 798538, quoting DB/DM/141/17.