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In a move so characteristic of Boris Johnson’s government that it could almost pass for satire, the Home Office has announced the distribution of “special #knifefree chicken boxes” in chicken shops all over England and Wales.  Let’s just sit with that for a moment. The government has chosen to promote …

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pleaded to Boris Johnson to recruit police officers “much, much quicker” because the capital’s Metropolitan Police is “under-resourced and overstretched”. Mr Khan warned the city needs more officers to deal with knife crime than the 20,000 pledged by Mr Johnson over three years, having lost 21,000 under consecutive …

An armed Trump supporter sparked a security alert at an immigrant community centre in El Paso after he was spotted brandishing a knife and a gun outside. Thomas Bartram, 21, was reported to police by staff who noticed him parked in front of the building in a truck plastered with …

A cluster of flowers and candles marks the spot where Jodie Chesney, 17, was stabbed in a park in east London in an attack with no obvious motive. In honour of her favourite colour, purple ribbons have been tied to a railing, alongside a message also written in purple: “Choose …

Violence in London is an epidemic. Last year, 135 people were killed in the capital, 79 as a result of stabbings. This is the highest number in more than a decade – and the rate shows little sign of slowing this year. Not even six months into 2019, 56 Londoners had been …

Mark Prince was at work when he got a call to say his son had been stabbed. It was May 2006, and the former IBF and WBO world champion boxer was just settling into a job that was helping him get back on his feet after retirement. And then his …

Arsenal duo Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac are not mentally ready to play, Unai Emery admitted after omitting the duo from the friendly against Lyon following a knife attack last week. The pair were caught up in a carjacking attempt by a gang in north London near Kolasinac’s home on Thursday.  The Bosnian …