Hubs to help young people away from crime and into work to open in England

Announcement of eight young futures hubs made as concerns grow over the number of knives on the streets

The Guardian

Night of carnage in Southend-on-Sea sees man 'hit by car and stabbed' as armed cops swoop

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/night-carnage-southend-sea-sees-36972665

Nearly 1,000 knives seized and 2,700 drug lines closed in record crackdown

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/knives-county-lines-seized-crackdown-36969137

Stephen Lawrence's dad braces for fresh battle over son's racist murder

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stephen-lawrences-dad-braces-fresh-36962148

Children as young as 12 buying and selling knives and weapons via the internet

Government must ‘come down very hard’ on online trade in knives and weapons, says policing and crime minister Sarah Jones

The Guardian

Neighbour's heartbreaking battle to save girl, 16, stabbed in back 'over a boy'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/neighbours-heartbreaking-battle-save-girl-36941214

Family say 16-year-old Leeds girl’s ‘life was taken over a boy’ as four arrested

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/family-say-16-year-old-36940848

Met police investigate stabbing death near Westminster Abbey

Murder investigation launched after man, 26, killed in central London on Friday night

The Guardian