It has been a week tainted by violence, with news of fatal and serious stabbings dominating the headlines.

Readers were moved by the touching tributes to popular construction worker Sukhjinder Singh, who was stabbed to death in Southall .

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A US tourist was killed and five others were stabbed in Russell Square, a 48-year-old man was knifed to death in Kilburn , and there were also stabbings in Uxbridge and at Westfield in Shepherd's Bush.

But amid all the tragedy there was good news for QPR fans, who celebrated a breakthrough in the club's bid to build a new stadium.

Tributes to Southall stabbing victim

Police have named the victim as Sukhjinder Singh

Sukhjinder Singh died on Sunday (July 31) , having been found with multiple stab wounds the previous evening in Spikes Bridge Road, Southall .

Friends paid tribute to the popular construction worker , with one saying he would miss his "smiling face" and another describing him as "like a brother". A march in his memory is due to be held on Sunday (August 7).

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of his murder.

US tourist killed and five others stabbed in Russell Square

64-year-old American national Darlene Horton was killed in the attack

Darlene Horton, a 64-year-old US tourist was stabbed to death in Russell Square , where five other people were also knifed in an attack on Wednesday (August 3) evening.

Zakaria Bulhan, 19, of Robertson House, Tooting Grove, Tooting, is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday (August 9) charged with murder and five counts of attempted murder.

Three arrested after stabbing in Uxbridge town centre

Uxbridge town centre, where a man was stabbed on Tuesday (August 2)

Part of Uxbridge town centre was cordoned off after a man was stabbed there in the early hours of Tuesday (August 2).

Three people - two men aged 20 and another man aged 22 - have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. All three were bailed to return on a date in early September.

Police said the victim was in a stable condition.

Hounslow shopping centre evacuated due to fire

The entrance to the Treaty Centre in Hounslow is taped off as firefighters deal with a blaze in a storage area

Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated from the Treaty Centre in Hounslow High Street on Wednesday (August 3) after a fire broke out in a storage room at Debenhams.

Firefighters were quickly on the scene and soon had the fire under control, but the department store remained closed for the rest of the day.

QPR get vital green light in push for new stadium

An artist's impression of QPR's proposed new 40,000 seat stadium

There was good news for QPR ahead of the start of a new season, as London mayor Sadiq Khan gave the go-ahead for more than 600 homes next to the site earmarked for the club's new ground.

His thumbs-up meant another hurdle had been cleared in the drive to build a 40,000 capacity stadium, plus surrounding facilities, at Old Oak Common, north of Wormwood Scrubs.