Boy, 15, stabbed by gang

Boy of 15 is recovering in hospital today after he was stabbed outside his school playground by teenagers .

The boy, who is black and a pupil at Claremont High School, in Kingsbury, north London, was set upon by an Asian gang and left bleeding in Claremont Avenue.

He was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital where he was first believed to be in critical condition, but later doctors said he was stable. Streets around the school were cordoned off as detectives carried out a search but no weapon was found, Scotland Yard said.

The Asian youths are not thought to be pupils at the school.

A boy of 17 is being held at a north London police station.