A teenage boy has died after being stabbed in London shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Officers were called at 11.40pm to reports that a boy had been stabbed in Primrose Hill, Camden, the Metropolitan police said.

The victim, who police believe to be aged 16, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before midnight despite attempts at first aid by police and paramedics from the London ambulance aervice and London air ambulance.

A man had been arrested and taken into custody, the force said.