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A ‘knife surrender’ bin successful Chelsea, London (Andrew Parker/Alamy)
Hospital admissions data suggests a increasing proportionality of patients admitted to wards successful England aft being stabbed are nether the property of 18.
It comes amid increasing calls to yet ace down connected online leaf income and London histrion Idris Elba backing the blunting of crisp tips connected room knives.
The Standard podcast is joined by Patrick Green, main enforcement of the Ben Kinsella Trust, which was founded successful honour of a 16-year-old Londoner stabbed to decease successful an unprovoked onslaught successful 2008 aft celebrating finishing his GCSEs with friends.
The foundation and Elba are moving with the government’s Coalition To Stop Knife Crime initiative, which aims to halve Britain’s blades menace wrong a decade.
In portion two, Network Rail has sparked a commuter backlash implicit bid times ‘vanishing’ from accusation boards 3 minutes earlier departure - but could the nudge maneuver amended disabled entree and work punctuality?
We talk with Michael Solomon Williams, caput of campaigns astatine the Campaign for Better Transport.