Yet again, we are confronted with the devastating reality of knife crime. Harvey Willgoose, a 15-year-old student, tragically lost his life after being stabbed at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield yesterday. A fellow student, also 15, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
South Yorkshire's Mayor, Oliver Coppard, said: "This morning a teenage boy went to school like thousands of others across South Yorkshire but won't come home; a young man who was a member of our community, with his whole life ahead of him.
The vast majority of our young people don't carry knives, but one incidence of knife crime is one too many, because when we do see knife crime happen all too often the consequences are utterly devastating, as they have been today."
Knife crime has taken yet another young life.
Schools, communities, and authorities must work together to create safe environments where tragedies like this can be prevented.
The loss of Harvey Willgoose is a stark reminder of the urgency of this work.
We must do more. Young lives depend on it.