News for the community, by the community.
The Ben Kinsella Trust, a leading charity tackling knife crime in the UK, is thrilled to
announce a unique knife crime awareness event entirely designed and hosted by young
people from Barking and Dagenham.
Officers undertook a stop and search on a vehicle near Bateman Close and as a result, two knives were removed.
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This is a public health crisis that must be addressed by all communities and all aspects of the community need to work together to tackle it.
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I hope Daniel’s community now supports this family. Their loss is indescribable. We must all unite against these crimes and show those who are willing to carry out attacks like these, that they are not wanted in our society. Stop murdering our children.”
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“We need someone who will actually tackle knife crime, someone that will begin to work with us, campaigners and our communities right across London to stop this knife crime epidemic on the streets of the capital. We have had nothing but eight years of fake promises here in London and still the stabbings continue.”
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The Office of National Statistics latest figures for 2023 have shown an increase in shoplifting, violent crime and robbery. Sadly this will not be a surprise to many, especially here in London.
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Under the Mayor of London’s tenure, crime has skyrocketed, leaving communities like Romford vulnerable and unsafe. A recent crime wave in Gidea Park and a stabbing in Romford have created an atmosphere of fear that I am not prepared to tolerate in Romford.
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A man brandishing a knife threatened staff at a post office/store in Hornchurch, leaving with a quantity of cash.
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“Well look at just how successful they were. They spent more years in prison than out. Is that what you want?” says Chris Lambrianou who stood in the dock alongside Reginald and Ronald Kray in the country’s biggest murder trial in 1968.
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Yes knife crime is not a new problem, however what is a new problem is that children and let me repeat that, children as young as 12 years old are packing knives in their school bag instead of books and your views of normalising knife crime is exactly what has led us to the horrors that we see on our streets today.
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The youth was arrested and charged with four offences and is due to appear in court later this month.
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The incident happened in the middle of January when the teenager from Rainham who is 16 years old, robbed two boys in Romford of their phone, alongside another teenager from South London.
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A 15 year old boy was stabbed on Broad Street in Dagenham yesterday Monday 4 March, as he made his way home from school.
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We must come together now and start to tackle knife crime now before Havering becomes another London borough riddled with knife crime. The Mayor of London has done nothing to tackle this.
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Two 15-year-old boys were approached in the town centre by the suspects who allegedly threatened to stab them and took their phones.
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I have been consistently calling for increased Police presence on our streets and particularly around shopping areas and transport hubs
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The recent spate of stabbings across Havering and Barking and Dagenham is the number one issue blighting our community
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Witnessing the stabbing has left the mum too scared to visit Romford on her own now.
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The weapon sweep was completed yesterday afternoon and one of the new officers to the team, spotted the dangerous weapon hidden away in the play area.
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Romford cannot be allowed to turn into a place where violent crime becomes common place. I demand the Mayor of London gives us the additional police resources we need in Romford to keep our town safe.
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