“It feels as though this is an issue that has been talked about for years but we are no closer to having practical solutions in place and the terrible suffering caused by knife crime continues ...

I use a kitchen knife and sometimes use the point but I wouldn't really mind. "I think a ban could have an impact. I do hear about knife crime a lot ... But there are no rules about how sharp ...

Redditch schools get bleed kits to fight knife crime Mr Martin said it was rare ... article thinking the other person is going to somehow say 'I'm scared' and run off, but if they're a dangerous ...

Official figures show knife crime rose by 7% in the year to December ... An exception is made for folding pocketknives with a cutting edge no longer than three inches (7.62cm) that don't lock.

Research points at the one change needed to knives to curb crime - A ban on kitchen knives with a pointed end was being ...

Sarah's sister Rebecca Hall said: "They were messing around, there was no aggression. She did not say anything ... a Stanley knife. He was sentenced to two years in jail for that crime and also ...

Last week Alison told of her frustration that her family, and other grieving relatives, work so hard to prevent knife crime while no Government has yet managed to bring the problem under control.