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Havering’s first knife bin in Harold Hill, has seen the surrender of 1,152 knives and bladed items in its first year. The permanent knife bin was installed in the car park of Central Park Leisure…
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Peguy Kato is spending her time fullfiling her son’s dream to build an orphanage in Congo in her son’s name.
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A Dagenham man who slashed his wife and two young children in a horrific knife attack after drinking poppy seed
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Police officers stop them. Officers search them. Knives are taken off the streets. Suspects are arrested. But what happens next?
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Bereaved mum Sue Hedges, whose son Ricky was killed in a machete attack, has launched a furious attack on the
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Watch the moment officers arrest the two suspects. A woman who went on the run after helping lure a 66-year-old
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Havering Council is once again supporting the Home Office’s Knife Surrender Scheme (3 August – 31 August). As part of the scheme and for the second year running, a mobile surrender van, which is operated…
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Across London and across England there are many families who have had to bury their child because of knife crime.
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A leading Harold Hill community champion is urging Havering residents to stand shoulder to shoulder in the fight against knife
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For years, bereaved mothers have stood on street corners, outside police stations, in community halls and at vigils begging for
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“We Must Unite Against Knife Crime”-Sue Hedges and Peguy Kato To Hold Special Vigil For Henry Nowak And All Victims
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.Harold Hill community champion Rico Maza has spoken out on the growing knife crime crisis following the tragic murder of
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The death of Henry Nowak was utterly horrific. Endless words have been written about the appalling death of this 21-year-old
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Children across London are getting younger when it comes to carrying and using knives, with shocking new figures revealing just
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“We are aware of concerns around schools of young people being targeted for mobile phones, coats and personal property.I want
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A youth has been stabbed and later arrested in Romford following a fight yesterday afternoon. Police were called at around
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People have expressed serious concerns that Havering is becoming what many describe as “Inner London” but has inner London now come to Havering?
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Frequently, those who take a life with a knife are themselves children and show very little remorse. This raises a difficult but pressing question: should some young offenders be tried as adults and face harsher sentences?
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A recent documentary highlighted the heartbreaking plight of two mothers who lost their children to a broken society. The mothers
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A man armed with a knife sparked a swift police response in Romford town centre after alarmed residents raised the alert.
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