UK knife deaths highest since records began
Gordon Brown's Government came under fire before Christmas for massaging knife crime figures and only now are the true figures emerging. These figures, obtained by the Tory party under the freedom of...
Knife Crime Down but questions over stop and search persist
Knife crime is down in London by 12% compared with last year according to new police figures. Commander Mark Simmons of the Metropolitan Police said that much of the decrease was down to increasing the number of...
Poet's rhyming riposte leaves Mrs Schofield 'gobsmacked'
Poet Carol Ann Duffy has been touted by some as possibly being in line to be the first ever woman British poet laureat and here we see her response to the English exam boards removing her poem 'Education for... Boy who plunged from seventh floor flat was caught up in drugs turf war
"A boy of 16 who plunged 60ft to his death from a tower block while fleeing a knife-wielding gang was caught up in a drugs turf war and was not the intended target, it was claimed today. Friends said Ahmed Benyermak was being chased by a gang of violent hoodies because the...
Beckham joins battle against knife crime
David Beckham and Rio Ferdinand the English soccer superstars joined the fight against the wave of knife crime spreading across the UK. It's good to see stars like these speaking out but more fundamental changes...
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Man held over London nightclub gun death
After a 35-year old man was shot dead at a London nightclub Saturday night, police have arrested a man who turned himself in over the crime. The incident at "Club Red" in Limehouse, wast London, is the 90th murder in teh city this year."Detectives have arrested a man after a... New figures expose Government failure on knife crime, says Reading East MP
Action needed to tackle worrying rise of young people carrying and using knivesReading East MP, Rob Wilson, expressed deep concern this week about new local knife crime statistics published by the Government, and called for action to tackle the growing menace.The official...Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's U-turn on knife crime plan
" The Government’s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital. ...
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