“Officers have today executed a warrant on Hancock Street in Blackburn and seized a quantity of class A drugs, along with zombie knives and other offensive weapons which are clearly designed to cause ...
A 20-year-old man has appeared before Teesside Magistrates' Court facing a string of offences including possession of drugs, ...
A mum has shared that she feels 'sad and hopeless' over the rise in knife crime across the UK after her son was stabbed to ...
The mother of a schoolboy who was killed with a zombie knife says she feels "sad and hopeless" over the increase in teenage ...
Three men have been arrested after a zombie-style blade, hunting knife and drugs were found following a police chase.
Some 64 homicide victims aged 13 to 19 were recorded in 2023/24, 53 of whom – 83 – were killed by a sharp instrument.
A series of simultaneous police raids targeting a suspected network of drug dealers in east Kent has led to the arrests of seven people. Officers said they seized heroin, crack cocaine and ecstasy as ...
Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty suggested it isn’t enough to ban zombie knives and that the root causes of knife crime amongst young people should be addressed. The fatal stabbing of a child has ...
Banning the sale of zombie knives is a positive step, but schools need to intervene earlier to help tackle the UK's knife crime crisis, says Idris Elba. The actor, 52, has spent the last year ...
The Luther star has spent several years as a campaigner against knife crime and pushing for greater regulation on the sale of machetes and zombie knives, and Our Knife Crime Crisis finds the actor ...
In September 2024, it became illegal to own, sell or manufacture zombie knives and machetes in the UK. However, many illegal weapons remain on UK streets and have been used in recent violent crimes.