Chris Philp spoke as it was revealed police recorded almost 50,000 offences last year. Knife-point robberies soared by 19% to 20,000. And the number of yobs being caught with a blade rose by 4% to 27,846 in the year to September, figures
A knifeman who killed two students and a caretaker during a rampage across Nottingham city centre is facing jail. Valdo Calocane’s manslaughter plea was accepted, a court hearing today has ruled. Calocane, 31, knifed students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Baranby Webber, as well
At least eleven people, including a young girl, have been rushed to hospital after a man went on a stabbing spree on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. Reports from the Turkish city say the perpetrator has been identified but his identity has
The Luther star, 51, has launched the Don’t Stop Your Future campaign calling for machetes and so-called zombie knives to be banned with immediate effect. The actor was asked if police tactics such as stop and search work. He said: “There are
Idris Elba (Image: Getty) TV cop Idris Elba is launching a three month campaign to try to end the youth knife crime epidemic blighting the country. The actor, 51, who played detective John Luther in the gritty BBC series Luther, will demand
A 13 year old boy from Hialeah, Florida, has confessed to police that he allegedly killed his own mother by stabbing her in the throat with a large kitchen knife. Derek Rosa is accused of brutally murdering his 39-year-old mother, Irina Garcia, while his
Two teenagers have been founded guilty of the murder of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey. Brianna, 16, was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in Linear Park, Culcheth, a village near Warrington, Cheshire, on the
Brianna, 16, was stabbed with the knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest on February 11 this year. Two teenagers, identified as boy Y and girl X, both now aged 16 but 15 at the time, deny murder and are blaming
A British tourist is amongst two people who were badly injured after a knifeman screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ launched an attack that killed one person in central Paris last night. Witnesses reported hearing pople screaming for “help” as they ran away from the
Garcia has hinted they’ll look to follow a similar plan at home, where they have only lost twice in the whole of 2023. “The idea was to set a high tempo in the pressing and force mistakes,” he added. “Not expect mistakes,