Former Treasury secretary Stephen Timms stabbed

A 21-year-old woman was arrested after the incident at Kingsford Way in Beckton, east London, this afternoon, the BBC reports. It is understood the former minister was attacked during a surgery at his East Ham constituency. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman says: ''Police were called at 3.20pm today following reports a man in his 50s had been stabbed at Kingsford Way, east London. ''Police and ambulance attended. He has been taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries" She adds: ''A 21-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and is currently in custody at an east Lon...