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The Independent
3 days ago
- General
- The Independent
‘Truly shocking': Dozens of teens found with knives
In 2024, Scottish police found 91 people aged 18 and under in possession of a bladed weapon, including a 10-year-old. More than a dozen children aged 13 – including two girls – were found to have such items when searched. The statistics, analysed by 1919 magazine, indicate that teenagers accounted for almost a third of positive knife searches across all age groups in Scotland. The Scottish Police Federation's chairman, David Threadgold, expressed concern over an emerging societal trend among younger people, saying the statistics are 'truly shocking'. Scottish Labour 's justice spokesperson, Pauline McNeill, described the figures as a sign of a 'youth violence epidemic' and called for early intervention schemes to address the root causes.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- BBC News
Man suffers life-changing injuries in Dewsbury blade fight
A man was left with life-changing injuries following a fight involving bladed weapons on a residential street, police have man, 22, was found with serious head and leg injuries after officers were called to Raven's Crescent, Scout Hill, in Dewsbury, just before 16:00 BST on Thursday, a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson incident was being treated as attempted murder and several suspects, described as being Asian males in their 20s and 30s, who fled the scene in three cars, were being sought by police, the spokesperson Insp James Bellhouse, of Kirklees District CID, said: "This has clearly been a serious violent incident." "Several inquiries have been ongoing overnight to better establish the circumstances of what took place, and we are following active lines of investigation today," he who saw what happened, or who had information about the incident, was asked to contact to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
