Home Secretary Sajid Javid has appointed a prominent academic to lead a major review into the links between drugs and serious violence. Professor Dame Carol Black will present her initial
Read More
Three people have been taken to hospital after stabbings at two health centres in east London, police said. A man was detained nearby and taken to hospital for treatment. It
Read More
A woman has been arrested after a health worker was stabbed in a hospital car park. Emergency services were called to Ailsa Hospital in North Ayrshire at around 10am on
Read More
Offenders convicted of crimes involving violence or knives will generally no longer be able to serve part of their sentence at home on an electronic tag curfew. Justice Secretary Humza
Read More
Teenagers as young as 13 are resigned to being stabbed or ending up behind bars for violence, a charity boss has said. Workers who speak to young people in hospital
Read More
Politicians from all sides have failed to deal with rising levels of youth violence, Labour’s Chuka Umunna has claimed, as he called for knife crime to be treated like a
Read More
The Government is to double funding for a scheme to steer children and teenagers away from violence after a sharp rise in crime rates. Home Secretary Sajid Javid is to
Read More
Two teenage moped riders have each been jailed for more than 20 years after stabbing a charity youth worker to death during a violent robbery spree. Nathan Gilmaney, 19, and
Read More
Two teenagers have been jailed over the fatal stabbing of a youth worker who confronted a group of drug dealers outside his home. Omid Saidy (pictured) was knifed in the
Read More
Social media companies have been warned they must no longer be “passive hosts” in the fight to tackle surging levels of violence. Ministers told firms that the status quo “cannot
Read More