It's illegal in the UK to sell a knife to anyone under the age of 18, but there are fears there are cracks in the system. The Southport killings have shone a light once again on the danger of ...

A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of ...

Idris Elba fronts a new BBC documentary, Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, exploring the rise of knife crime and how to prevent it. This work culminates in a knife crime summit at 10 Downing ...

There has been a ‘notable increase’ in the number of robberies involving a knife or sharp instrument, according to the Office for National Statistics (Katie Collins/PA) Knife crime offences ...

Amazon has launched an "urgent investigation" after it was revealed that 17-year-old Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was able to purchase a knife online. It was revealed that the Southport attacker, ...

An 18-year-old has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift themed dance class in Southport last year. Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, changed his plea on ...

A heartbroken mother pledged to combat knife crime the moment she discovered her son fatally wounded by a group of young people. Chris Cave, 17, tragically lost his life after receiving four stab ...

Online retailers will be required to ask for two types of ID from anyone seeking to buy a knife under plans being considered by ministers to combat under-age sales after the Southport murders.

The government has promised new laws, which could see retailers forced to ask anyone buying a knife for two types of identification. Buyers could be asked to submit an official identity document ...

Southport serial killer Axel Rudakubana had a knife crime awareness course three years before he took a blade to stab 11 children, three fatally, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club. Lancashire ...

“Rates of knife crime in Sheffield and the rest of the UK had risen over recent years and generate a high level of public concern.” Shaw received a British Empire Medal in 2017 ...