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Page last updated at 07:45 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 08:45 UK
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Teenager serious after stabbing

A 19-year-old is in a serious condition after he was stabbed in broad daylight in a town centre in south London.

The victim was stabbed on Tuesday morning in Croydon, near the town's Whitgift Shopping Centre, and taken to hospital by air ambulance.

In a separate incident, a 15-year-old boy was shot in Streatham, south-west London on Monday evening. His injuries are described as not life-threatening.

No arrests have been made in connection with either incident.

The 19-year-old was stabbed shortly after 0930 BST on Tuesday.

Police described his attacker as a mixed-race man, about 5ft 11in tall, with a scar on the right side of his face.

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