Investigation: How easy it is to buy 12-inch blade at family-friendly Essex boot sale

Investigation: How easy it is to buy 12-inch blade at family-friendly Essex boot sale

Knife crime has understandably received a lot of press coverage, but just how easy is it to buy a large weapon? We decided to find out for ourselves

Investigation: this is how easy it is to buy a 12-inch blade at a boot sale

Knife crime has understandably received a lot of press coverage, but just how easy is it to buy a large weapon? We decided to find out for ourselves.

So when they ban 21 inch knives in the UK, do they then move to ban 15 inch knives? 12 inch knives?

The knife threat in the UK is causing some to want to ban even more types of knives. Where do things end? Will chefs have to get specially licensed to have knives for cooking? Knife crime is viewed as a serious and going problem in the United Kingdom, particularly in urban areas like London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow. In England and Wales, police recorded over 49,000 knife crime offenses in the year ending March 2023. That marked a 5% …

Gazette investigation: this is how easy it is to buy a 12-inch blade in Colchester

Knife crime has understandably received a lot of press coverage, but just how easy is it to buy a large weapon? We decided to find out for ourselves.