The family of a 15-year-old girl stabbed on her way to school has visited the scene where she died as crowds joined a vigil nearby. Elianne Andam was wounded in the neck in Croydon, south London, at about 8.30am on Wednesday, with members of the public rushing to try to save her.

Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media. Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 28. Football. It’s safe to say not everyone in the latest England squad was pleased with their EA...

JK Rowling and Rupert Grint are among those who have hailed Harry Potter star Sir Michael Gambon as a “wonderful man” and an “outstanding actor”. The Dublin-born star of stage and screen died peacefully in hospital late on Wednesday aged 82, his family said. Sir Michael...

A lone gunman in a bulletproof vest has opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Netherlands, killing two people and seriously injuring a 14-year-old girl, police have said. Thursday’s shooting sent patients and medics fleeing the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, including some who were wheeled out...

Gregor Townsend has called on his Scotland stand-ins to seize their chance to impress against Romania on Saturday and play their way into contention for involvement in what is shaping up to be a box-office showdown with Ireland. The head coach has made 13 changes to his starting XV for...

Donald Trump is suing a former MI6 officer and the intelligence consultancy he founded, High Court records show. The former US president is bringing a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence and its founder Christopher Steele, who previously ran the Secret Intelligence Service’s Russia desk. According to a...

Ireland number eight Jack Conan is “in a great place” and in contention to return from a two-month injury absence in his country’s pivotal Pool B clash with Scotland. Andy Farrell’s side resumed training on Thursday following some time off after Saturday’s thrilling 13-8 victory over World Cup holders South Africa.

New anonymity laws for sexual offences cases in Northern Ireland would have prevented reporting of allegations against Jimmy Savile in the region, the Society of Editors has warned. Dawn Alford, executive director of the society described the new laws as an “affront to open justice” and said they would have...

The Taoiseach has expressed a desire for government to be “less cautious” in its approach to policymaking. Leo Varadkar also warned of the potential for multinational companies that invest so heavily in Ireland to relocate elsewhere if the state fails to sustain an environment that allows them to prosper.

Europe captain Luke Donald urged his “fearless” players to write their own Ryder Cup history after showing faith in two of his rookies for the opening session in Rome. While the pairings of Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton and Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood came as no surprise, Donald also handed Ludvig Aberg and Sepp Straka an early taste of the action at Marco Simone.

The Government is “working intensely” behind the scenes to get the Stormont Assembly up and running, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. Mr Sunak said he had removed the biggest stumbling block to the return of the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland when he agreed the Windsor Framework with the EU.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he does not believe drug consumption rooms can work, after a pilot programme was approved in Glasgow. The city council backed the creation of the facility this week after years of legal wrangling was resolved by Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC earlier this month.

Bellum Justum put his experience to good use as he opened his account in the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes at Newmarket. Trained by Andrew Balding, the Sea The Stars colt – who cost 375,000 guineas as a yearling – was up against some highly-regarded rivals on his fourth start, but from two furlongs out it appeared likely either the mount of Oisin Murphy or Kevin Ryan’s 50-1 debutant Inisherin would walk away with the first prize.

Three climate change protesters have been found guilty of aggravated trespass after they ran on to the pitch during the Ashes series at Lord’s cricket ground. The Just Stop Oil protest carried out by Judit Murray, 69, Daniel Knorr, 21, and Jacob Bourne, 27, stopped play during the match between England and Australia on June 28 as security and ground staff cleaned up an orange powder that was thrown on the pitch and ensured the ground was not damaged.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has launched a pact with the country’s industry aimed at keeping prices down on a range of essential goods, including food, personal care and baby items. Consumer advocates said it could mean billions in savings for families. The experimental programme runs from October 1 to...

Using every last drop of oil in Scotland’s North Sea is “absolutely the right thing to do”, Rishi Sunak has said. In an interview with STV News, the Prime Minister stood by the decision to give the go-ahead for drilling at the Rosebank oil field around 80 miles north-west of Shetland.

People who commit the most serious crimes should spend longer in prison, the Prime Minister has said following the fatal stabbing of a schoolgirl in south London. Rishi Sunak told the BBC he is “shocked” and “appalled” after Elianne Andam, 15, was fatally stabbed as she made her way to school in Croydon on Wednesday morning.

Hundreds of Lebanese Armenians have scuffled with riot police outside the Azerbaijan embassy in northern Beirut during a protest against the Azerbaijani military offensive that recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh from the enclave’s separatist Armenian authorities. Protesters waved flags of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and burned posters of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he does not believe drug consumption rooms can work, after a pilot programme was approved in Glasgow. The city council backed the creation of the facility this week after years of legal wrangling was resolved by Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC earlier this month.

Rishi Sunak has backed Tory MP Lee Anderson as doing a “fantastic job” for his constituents, despite facing criticism for having a £100,000 second job as a GB News presenter. The Prime Minister said on Thursday that the deputy Conservative Party chairman, who represents Ashfield in Nottinghamshire,...