Reaction to Birmingham stabbings: As it happened - BBC News
Jacob Billington, 23, dies and seven others are injured in city centre attacks.
A man who was stabbed to death in Birmingham has been described as "the light of our life" by his family who said he "lit up every room".

West Midlands Police said Jacob Billington, 23, was out with school friends from Liverpool visiting one of their group in Birmingham when he was attacked on Irving Street on Sunday morning.

Another friend, also 23, was seriously hurt and remains in a critical condition in hospital.

His family added Jacob was "a funny, caring and wonderful person who was loved by every single person he met" and "we have been devastated by his loss".

The force said another man, aged 30, who was stabbed in Livery Street and a 22-year-old woman, attacked in Hurst Street, remain in hospital in a critical condition.

A 27-year-old man, arrested at his home in Selly Oak, remains in custody on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder.

Officers said three others, two men and a woman, were arrested from the same address on suspicion of assisting an offender.