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‘Real change is happening’ as tens of thousands of knives are taken off streets

Nearly 60,000 blades have been removed in England and Wales as part of Government efforts to halve knife crime within a decade.

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Ninja sword ban comes into effect across the UK

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'There's a lot of knife crime in London,' admits police minister after crackdown on muggers targeting pupils

The Met Police stepped up action to stop youngsters having their mobile phones stolen at knife point on their way to and from school

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Yvette Cooper honours ninja sword victim as law in his name takes effect

Home secretary Yvette Cooper described seeing Ronan Kanda’s last moments with his mother before he was killed

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said this is a direct result of targeted police action

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Reduction in knife-related robberies in UK’s high-risk areas

Drones, knife arches and detection dogs are among the tactics being used in an attempt to bring down the number of incidents.

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Anti-knife crime campaigners being honoured vow to continue fight

Pooja Kanda, of the Justice for Ronan Kanda campaign has been made an OBE, while Alion Madgin and Carly Barrett of Samantha’s Legacy have become MBEs.

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Ninja Swords To Be Banned In The UK From August In Honour Of Murdered Teen Ronan Kanda

In 10 years, the number of knife related crimes has grown from 27 to 51 thousand a year in England and Wales, now the UK government is trying to stop this.

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Ninja sword ban under Ronan’s Law set to come into force by summer

The move to ban the blades will be laid before Parliament on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Knife crime measures under Ronan’s Law ‘will make a difference’, sister says

The Home Office announced a raft of anti-knife crime plans after Ronan Kanda was murdered by two boys who bought knives without identity checks.

Evening Standard

Retailers to be required to report suspicious or bulk purchases of knives

New raft of measures labelled Ronan’s law include tougher sentences for those caught selling blades to under-18s

The Guardian - UK

Knife age checks ‘a huge vulnerability’ at sale and delivery, review finds

Measures to restrict knife sales have been published by the Home Office, amid concern at lax age checks and online sales by illegal dealers.

Evening Standard

Heartbroken mother of murdered boy says teenage knife violence is getting worse

Pooja Kanda, whose son Ronan was killed in a case of mistaken identity is calling for more to be done to tackle knife violence.

The Independent UK

The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo

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Mother ‘lost her life’ too on day son, 16, was stabbed through heart with sword in case of mistaken identity

The mother murdered teenager Ronan Kanda, 16, spoke of her heartache at an annual policing summit

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Plans to fine social media bosses who do not delete adverts for illegal knives

Yvette Cooper has launched a crackdown on the ‘unacceptable use of social media and online marketplaces to market illegal weapons and glorify violence’

Evening Standard

Ban on ninja swords and new 'Respect Orders' proposed in King's Speech

The weapons were left out of laws prohibiting the sale of machetes and zombie knives under the previous government

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Family of murdered Wolverhampton boy call for ban on online sales of knives

Ronan Kanda, 16, was stabbed by boy who ordered 22-in ninja sword he collected from post office

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Two teenagers jailed for boy’s mistaken-identity murder in Wolverhampton

Prabjeet Veadhesa and Sukhman Shergill given minimum terms of 18 and 16 years for killing Ronan Kanda, 16

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Teenagers jailed for life for murdering 16-year-old boy in ‘cowardly’ attack

The fatal chest wound inflicted on Ronan Kanda in a case of mistaken identity was 17cm deep.

Daily Mirror

Boy buying PlayStation controller brutally killed after being mistaken for someone else

Two teenagers have been found guilty of the heartless slaughter of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was killed in a horrifying case of mistaken identity after he went to buy a PlayStation controller

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Family pays tribute to ‘kind-hearted’ teenage stab victim

A man, 20, and two 16-year-old boys remain in police custody after the killing

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