Posts Tagged ‘knife crime’
Hackney-born Idris Elba knighted in New Year Honours
Elba has been recognised for his ‘exceptional’ work both in the entertainment industry and for young people
Read MorePolice launch murder probe after man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington
Victim, thought to be in his fifties, was found with a knife wound on Northwold Road last night
Read MoreTeenager arrested on suspicion of murder following fatal stabbing on Hackney Road
Seventeen-year-old in custody after boy of the same age died on Saturday night
Read More‘Above and beyond the call of duty’: Phone-snatching youth found guilty after off-duty police officer intervenes
A teenager has been convicted after an off-duty officer spotted him armed with a knife about to snatch mobile phones
Read More‘Your life mattered’: Tributes paid to Hackney teenager stabbed to death in Highbury Fields
Police are urging anyone with information about the attack on 4 August to come forward
Read More‘I want to see a violence-free community’: Mother of teenager killed in Hackney receives MBE for anti-knife crime campaign
Yvonne Lawson MBE dedicates honour to her son Godwin and to those who ‘held my hand’ and ‘showed me love’
Read MoreMother of teenager murdered in Hackney joins anti-knife crime campaign
Yvonne Lawson MBE relives the first call she made following her son’s death to encourage people to use Crimestoppers
Read MoreStop and searches in Hackney more than double in three years
Community leaders say indiscriminate use of practice risks alienating people
Read MoreTown Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity
Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’
Read MoreReformed gang members urge schools to stop excluding pupils at risk of exploitation
Calls made for more outreach workers able to speak to young people ‘from a Hackney perspective’
Read MoreHackney Wick charity boss to scale Antarctica’s highest peak in £75k fundraising attempt
Henry Smith, founder of gang prevention charity The Wickers, will battle minus 40 degree temperatures and high speed winds during next month’s climb
Read More‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds
Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime
Read MoreLabour and Lib Dems clash on knife crime policy – as Caroline Selman says proposals are nothing new
Hackney Liberal Democrats say Violence Reduction Unit would ‘treat violence like a disease’
Read MoreTwo teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight
Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday
Read MoreBoy aged 12 caught carrying 8-inch blade in Hackney
Youngster was remanded in custody after being arrested following alleged robbery in Stoke Newington earlier this month
Read MoreYet another stabbing in Hackney – but police do not believe recent incidents of knife attacks are related
Borough commander Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence admits intelligence gathering has become harder because of cuts as he calls on public to report those who carry blades
Read MoreCouncil’s anti-crime chief Caroline Selman joins police on weapons sweep following spate of stabbings
Cracking down on knife crime remains ‘massive priority’, she insists amid alarm about attacks and concern over changes to police use of stop and search
Read MoreArrests follow yet another stabbing, this time in Coopersale Road, Homerton
Incident happened on same day as sergeant apprehended suspected knifeman in Stoke Newington and follows troubling spate of violent attacks
Read MoreRise in knife crime blamed on declining use of stop and search
Two Hackney youth workers at the Crib say figures show stabbings spike coincided with dwindling use of the police powers
Read MoreCache of knives discovered close to Hackney Wick following Mabley Green brawl
The haul included an example of the controversial “zombie knife”, as well as other weapons
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