A TEENAGER has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy who died after being stabbed.

Mark Smith, of St John's Walk in Newcastle, was found outside a takeaway in the town's West End on Wednesday, and later died in hospital from a single stab wound.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and will appear before magistrates in Newcastle this morning.

Police last night also arrested a 20-year-old Newcastle man on suspicion of murder.