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A relative of a woman who was fatally stabbed during the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday has said “it’s still so raw”, while several people were seen praying at the scene of her death in south London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at around 4.04pm to reports of a stabbing on Stockwell Park Walk in Lambeth, and no arrests have yet been made. An air ambulance also attended,

Devon and Cornwall Police were granted extra time to detain and question the suspect at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court on Monday Tributes have been paid to a “much-loved son” who was stabbed to death during a “serious altercation” outside a nightclub in Cornwall. Michael Allen, 36, was killed and seven other people suffered stab wounds in an attack near the Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin. Two people remain in hospital after undergoing

Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary said on Sunday they will extend a humanitarian ceasefire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes. In statements, both sides accused the other of violations. The agreement has de-escalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee.

The Health Secretary must take urgent action to end the “betrayal” of long Covid sufferers started by his predecessor, Scottish Labour has said. The party’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said thousands of sufferers are living a “precarious existence” and risk being forgotten about by the Scottish Government if action is not taken. An estimated 172,000 people in Scotland are reported to be living with long Covid and many are unable