Hospital: Zanzibar acid attack women doing 'well'

Two British women who had acid thrown in their faces in Zanzibar have been described as "well" by doctors treating them at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in London.

Surgeon Andy Williams told reporters that the pair would be staying at the hospital.

Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18 and from north London, landed at back in the UK at about 13:45 .

Police said acid was thrown on the teenagers' faces, chests and hands as they walked through the streets of Stone Town, the old part of the island's capital Zanzibar City, on Wednesday evening.