A newborn baby was found abandoned in a shopping bag in an east London park as temperatures approached freezing. The girl, who has been named Roman by nurses, was found late on Thursday by a woman walking her dog with her children after she heard the infant crying. The Metropolitan Police said Roman was wrapped in a white towel which was put in the shopping bag and then placed on the ground next to a bench in the small children's play park. No attempt had been made to hide her, they added. The woman called emergency services as soon as she found the baby at around 10.15pm in the park in Roman Road, near the junction with Saxon Road, in East Ham in the borough of Newham. Police said they are growing "increasingly concerned" for her mother's welfare as they believe she may be in need of urgent medical attention. Roman was in a stable condition on Friday morning after being taken to an east London hospital. A photo issued by police showed she had been hooked up to an intravenous drip and monitoring equipment. Appealing directly to her mother, Inspector Shane Clarke, of the North East Command Unit, said: "I urge you to make contact either with police, your local hospital or GP surgery. It is really important that we know that you are safe.<doc-sep>A newborn baby has been found abandoned in a shopping bag at an east London park in freezing temperatures. The girl, who nurses have named Roman, was found late on Thursday. A woman heard the infant crying as she was walking her dog with her children. She immediately called emergency services, and the baby was taken to hospital. Roman was said to be in a stable condition on Friday morning. The Metropolitan police released a photograph that showed her attached to an intravenous drip and monitoring equipment. The baby had been wrapped in a white towel, put in the shopping bag and left on the ground next to a bench in the small children’s play park, police said. No attempt was made to hide her. Officers said they were increasingly concerned about the mother’s welfare. Scotland Yard said she may need medical attention and urged her to contact the police or emergency services. Appealing to the mother, Insp Shane Clarke of the north-east command unit said: “It is really important that we know that you are safe. “I would also urge anyone who has information that could help us to reunite this baby with her mother to come forward.” Police said they were called to reports of an abandoned baby in a park at about 10.15pm. The Met has asked anyone with information about the mother to call 101, quoting reference CAD7825/31JAN, or to tweet the force’s contact centre @MetCC.<doc-sep>"I would also urge anyone who has information that could help us to reunite this baby with her mother to come forward."<doc-sep>A mother and son have told how they found a newborn baby girl abandoned in an east London park, after hearing her 'crying for her life' from inside a plastic bag. The tiny infant - said to be less than an hour old - was left next to a bench in Newham shortly after 10pm, when temperatures were sub-zero. Nurses are calling the youngster 'Roman', because she was found on Roman Road, reportedly wrapped in a towel and placed inside a Sainsbury's bag. She was quickly rushed to hospital where she is recovering from her ordeal, and police are now appealing for help in tracking down the mother. The newborn was found by Rima Zvaliauskiene, 50, and her son Ovidijus, 27, just 100 yards from their home while walking their dog. The Lithuanian grandmother said: 'There was a crying noise from the bag. She was crying for her life. The baby saved herself'. This newborn baby girl was found in a bag, wrapped in a towel, in a park in London last night, on what was one of the coldest nights of the winter Rima Zvaliauskiene, 50, and her son Ovidijus Zvaliaskiene, 27, who found the abandoned baby last night in a park She added, in an interview with Sun Online: 'At first I thought it was an animal'. Her son added: 'She looked a bit purple. She very cold to the touch. Her forehead and ears looked like they were a bit frosty, she was cold. 'We feel great that we helped save the baby’s life. I’m glad we were there or the baby might not have survived too much longer'. Local resident Georgina Player, 26, who lives around the corner from the play area in East Ham, said: 'The police came knocking at midnight to tell us what happened. 'They said she was only 30-minutes-old when she was found - she even still had her umbilical cord. 'She's at Newham Hospital and I'm going to go there this afternoon to drop some things off for her - babygrows, milk, anything. I feel so bad for the little thing. 'She was left in a towel and plastic bag on the ground, next to the bench - not even on it. 'The police had sniffer dogs trying to find a blood trial but they couldn't, which makes me ask how she left in that state. 'Although it was dark, a lot of people pass through here. You have to walk past to get to the buses. 'I wish she knocked on the door for help but I think she knew someone would find the baby.' The Met said officers are growing 'increasingly concerned' for the mother's welfare and appealed for her to contact police, her local hospital or GP surgery. Pictured: the location where the newborn was found The little girl, who is being called 'Roman' by nurses, was found next to this bench last night The Met Police said officers are growing 'increasingly concerned' for the mother's welfare and appealed for her to contact police, her local hospital or GP surgery. In a direct appeal to the child's mother, Inspector Shane Clarke of North East Command Unit, said: 'We are growing increasingly concerned for your welfare and I urge you to make contact either with police, your local hospital or GP surgery. It is really important that we know that you are safe. 'I would also urge anyone who has information that could help us to reunite this baby with her mother to come forward.' Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of the mother is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference CAD7825/31JAN or Tweet @MetCC. Heavy snowfall hit much of southern England and and Wales on Thursday night, leaving people trapped in cars as temperatures plummeted to just 1C (34F) in east London at the time the baby way found.<doc-sep>
(CNN) — Metropolitan Police From Met Police: Police are appealing for the mother of a newborn baby found in Newham to come forward so that she can receive medical care and support. Police were called at approximately 22:15hrs on Thursday, 31 January to a park area close to Roman Road/Saxon Road, E6 to reports of an abandoned baby. Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and the infant, a baby girl, was taken to an east London hospital where she is being cared for. Police in London have issued an appeal to find the mother of a newborn baby abandoned in a park in freezing conditions. The baby girl was left in a park in Newham, east London, on Thursday, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police, on a night when temperatures hovered around zero Celsius. Officers were called at around 10:15 p.m., reads the statement, and the baby girl was taken to an east London hospital. She remains in hospital in a stable condition, according to police. Officers have issued an appeal to the baby’s mother, whom they believe may be in need of urgent medical attention, to contact police or the ambulance service. “We are growing increasingly concerned for your welfare and I urge you to make contact either with police, your local hospital or GP surgery,” Inspector Shane Clarke of North East Command Unit said in the statement. “It is really important that we know that you are safe.” Police have encouraged anyone who may know where the mother of the child is to contact them. “I would also urge anyone who has information that could help us to reunite this baby with her mother to come forward,” said Clarke. The national weather service, the Met Office, issued warnings of snow and ice in London and south-east England around the same time as the baby was discovered.