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 ...

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 ...

Starmer has previously called knife crime in the UK a "national crisis" A ban on "zombie"-style hunting knives with blades of over 20 centimetres (eight inches) came into force in September.

The Southport attack has prompted the UK to toughen up the laws on buying knives as the killer awaits sentencing. Under new legislation, anyone buying a knife online will be required to submit two ...

CORRECTS NUMBER OF INJURED PEOPLE TO FIVE - A view of the scene near Marlowe Way in Croydon, south London, England, after five people were injured in a reported stabbing on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 ...

A man has been arrested after a knife attack in which five people were injured at an Argos warehouse in Croydon, south London. One of those who was hurt in the incident, on Thursday morning ...

Delivery giant says its driver saw recipient was over 25, but will investigate how Axel Rudakubana circumvented its age verification process Amazon delivered the Southport killer’s knife to one ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Local reports said that a two-year-old child was among two victims killed after a man launched a knife attack in Schöntal Park on Wednesday around midday. German police rushed to the scene and ...