Britain’s DEADLY STREETS

It’s surely every parent’s worst nightmare – to hear that your child has been caught up in a violent incident involving a knife. In recent years, Britain’s knife-crime epidemic has reached crisis point, with thousands of cases being reported every year. London – the knife crime capital of Britain – recorded a huge 10,130 incidents in 2020. In Greater Manchester, there were 3,073 flashpoints, while West Yorkshire officers recorded 2,200 cases and Essex dealt with 1,589 incidents. And the most shocking part is that most incidents involve children. Some 23 children aged just 17 or younger were