Waltham Forest Council has backed the recommendations made in a Serious Case Review, published today (Tuesday 26 May 2020), looking into the murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie. Jaden Moodie (pictured)
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A chance to protect a 14-year-old boy from drugs gangs was missed when he was found in a crack den three months before he died, a report has found. Jaden
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A major investment in youth services is needed in the Budget to help prevent knife crime, according to MPs. A cross-party group of politicians called for urgent funds to protect
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Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in the year to September, up by 7% on the previous 12 months. Police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp
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The number of knife crimes being dealt with by the police and courts is the highest in a decade, official figures show. There were 22,286 knife and offensive weapon offences
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Almost half of people charged with knife killings in London over the past three years had previously committed an offence involving a blade, new figures suggest. Scotland Yard charged a
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Children excluded from school are at a “heightened risk” of being drawn into county lines drugs gangs, a report suggests. Police officers “reported a strong link between school exclusion and
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Police and legal campaigners have called on the new Government to stick to its pre-election promises and fix a “justice system in crisis”. Policing must be at the heart of
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Young people not knowing how to speak to each other in the “real world” could be contributing to rises in knife crime and violence, according to a former chief crown
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Youth offender services urgently need Government guidance to help curb knife crime and county lines drug dealing, inspectors have said. HM Inspectorate of Probation expressed concern over “a lack of
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