Home Secretary backs metal detectors in schools in wake of Sheffield stabbing
Yvette Cooper wants ‘stronger’ action to tackle knife crime as number of offences passes 55,000 for only the second time on ...
Sheffield knife crime: Metal detectors and knife bins alone not the answer, says boxing coach
A boxing coach who works with young people in Sheffield says amnesty bins and metal detectors alone are not the answer to stopping knife crime.
Harvey Willgoose: Tackling knife crime does not mean schools should become 'fortresses', says education expert
Schools should not be turned into "fortresses" in response to knife crime involving teenagers, education experts have warned.
Eight in 10 teenage homicide victims ‘killed by knife or sharp instrument’
Some 64 homicide victims aged 13 to 19 were recorded in 2023/24, 53 of whom – 83% – were killed by a sharp instrument.
EDP 245d
Eight in 10 teenage homicide victims ‘killed by knife or sharp instrument’
The data, which has been published by the Office of National Statistics, comes just days after 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose was stabbed to death at school in Sheffield on Monday in what Prime ...
The Sun5d
Shock interactive map lays bare our knife crime crisis & reveals most dangerous hotspots – is YOUR town deadly zone?
With blades wreaking havoc on our towns, countless lives have been lost lately - including Sheffield student Harvey ... declare a state of emergency to tackle knife crime. "They need to respond ...