A woman remains in hospital with 'life changing injuries' after ingesting a 'corrosive substance' in Kingston yesterday (May 12).

In the early hours of Monday morning police were alerted that a woman had been admitted to hospital after the incident at Mill Place.

The woman in her 20s was taken to hospital by the London Ambulance service where she remains with life-changing injuries.

Kingston Cemetery has been closed off with police present since Monday.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "At 02:23hrs on Monday, 12 May, hospital staff alerted officers to the admission of a woman who had ingested a corrosive substance in Mill Place, Kingston.

"The woman in her 20s had been taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service. She remains there with life-changing injuries.

"Enquiries continue into the circumstances. If you have any information relating to the incident, please contact the Met via 101, quoting 591/12May.

"A scene remains in place at Kingston Cemetery, Bonner Hill Road, Kingston while initial investigations take place."

An alert from Kingston Safer Schools said: "Overnight the MPS in Kingston have been dealing with a serious incident where a member of public has drunk from a soft drink bottle, they found in the street that has caused them serious harm.

"This alert is being sent out to all schools in the Kingston area to consider reminding people not to drink from any container in this hot weather unless it has come from a trusted source, but they have bought it themselves from a shop.

"There is no specific information that children from Kingston schools are at any increased risk, this being published as a sensible precaution in case there are more bottles of the substance still in the public domain."

It is likely that due to the closure of the Cemetery, funerals will be affected until it reopens.