A teenager has been stabbed to death outside Upney Tube Station in east London.

The 17-year-old is thought to have been involved in a fight with a group of youths in Upney Lane, Barking.

Officers arrived at around 7.25pm last night, but the boy died shortly after being taken to King Georges Hospital.

Seven youths - six boys and a girl - have been arrested in connection with his murder and are being questioned at east London police stations.

Four of the boys have been released, but the others remain in custody.