Calls have been made to make knife crime education mandatory in schools, as a top police officer said it's never too soon to talk to your children about the dangers of weapons.
Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Kim McGuinness has told of her desire to see the issue included in the curriculum so that the Government would have to provide the funding schools need to deliver anti-knife messages to all pupils.
Ms McGuinness visited the Chronicle's Newcastle office, along with Northumbria Police's knife crime lead Chief Supt Helena Barron, to answer your questions about knife crime as part of our Stop Knives Taking Lives campaign.
