A 19-year-old man is under guard in hospital after a woman was killed and five people were injured in a London knife attack.

A 29-year old man was tonight charged with murder and five counts of attempted murder following a stabbing spree, Britain's Scotland Yard said.

A suspect arrested over a stabbing rampage which left one man dead and five people seriously injured today has a “history of mental illness”, police said.

A man died and five people were fighting for their lives today after a rampaging knifeman carried out a series of stabbings.

Several people have been stabbed in the Green Lanes area of north London, police said today.

Several people have been stabbed in the Green Lanes area of north London, police said today.