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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Anthony France

£2million to steer suspects as young as 10 away from knife crime in London

More than £2.1million has been invested in youth coaches based at police station across the capital to steer children away from knife crime.

The workers will divert those aged 10 to 25 at risk of joining gangs in 12 Metropolitan Police policing areas, London’s Violence Reduction Unit said.

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