Yvette Cooper even managed to pick a stupid moment to make what she no doubt thought of as a bombshell announcement.

Mr Farrell admits that “some will scoff” at his idea of banning pointed knives from kitchens. But he is right that most ...

Yvette Cooper announced unveiled a raft of anti-knife crime plans, including making retailers report bulk or suspicious sales ...

The government has announced new measures to tackle knife crime including requiring retailers to report bulk orders of knives ...

The Home Office announced a raft of anti-knife crime plans after Ronan Kanda was murdered by two boys who bought knives ...

The preliminary findings comes as round-edged kitchen knives are being advocated as an alternative to pointed blades to help tackle knife crime.

Measures to restrict knife sales have been published by the Home Office, amid concern at lax age checks and online sales by illegal dealers.

Idris Elba hopes providing more access to football in communities will deter youngsters from knife crime and he urged other ...

Luther star Elba has called for a ban on kitchen knives with a pointed end, in a bid to tackle knife crime. Celebrity chef ...

A-list actor Idris Elba has named Sheffield as one of his favourite places in the world to go for a drink. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the ...

She’s absolutely right - schools dealing with knife crime should be able to clamp down in this way - but without government funding, it’s simply not feasible. Metal detector arches cost thousands of ...

being advocated by actor and campaigner Idris Elba, was also being considered in a bid to tackle knife crime. The percentage of teenage homicides in England and Wales where the method of killing ...