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Sadiq Khan unveils £14.5m violence reduction package in first post-election announcement

The mayor was challenged on his record on crime during his re-election campaign, as critics pointed to recent increases in knife and gun offences

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan’s £1.2m boost to tackle child ‘fight-or-flight’ knife trauma

The Rise Up programme, delivered by London Youth, adds to the already 270 youth workers in nearly every London borough

Evening Standard

"Stop this devastation": Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness backs Stop Knives Taking Lives campaign

Police, politicians and grieving families join us in calling for an end to knife violence

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'Our Kids...Our Future' Daily Record calls for action to help curb epidemic of youth violence

The Daily Record’s articles on a series of horrific attacks on young people has sparked a fresh debate on how to end this cycle of violence - today we launch a new campaign called Our Kids...Our Future.

Daily Record

Snapchat ‘being used by killers to lure victims into lethal traps and plan attacks’

Use of social media by gangs is discussed in study of homicides in the capital by City Hall’s Violence Reduction Unit set up by Mayor Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Violence reduction unit don't know how many people are being stabbed due to GMP's broken computer system

The unit was set up in 2019 in response to an increase to the region's violence, particularly knife crime among young people

Manchester Evening News

'It's going to get worse before it gets better': North East boss of anti-violence unit speaks of fight against crime

Steven Hume, director of the North East's first Violence Reduction Unit, outlines plans for the challenging years ahead

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Paisley police recover £20,000 drugs stash in two property raids as pair arrested

Officers from the Violence Reduction Unit at Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Police Division carried out the raids on properties in Paisley on Thursday April 14.

Glasgow Live

Scots drugs cops recover £20,000 haul in two property raids as pair arrested

Cops from the Violence Reduction Unit carried out the raids at two properties and found the massive stash

Daily Record

Cops seize more than £28k in drugs and cash during significant operation in Paisley

Officers from the force's Alcohol and Violence Reduction Unit raided six properties as part of the two-day operation.

Daily Record

North East’s dedicated Violence Reduction Unit is set to invest over £7m to prevent crime

Serious violence levels have reduced by 9% since November in Northumberland

Chronicle Live

Children killing children: Inside Greater Manchester’s teen knife crime epidemic

Virtually every corner of our region has been touched by tragedy as youth violence soars

Manchester Evening News

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