GET KNIVES OFF OUR STREETS

THE Daily Echo demands an end to the knife violence that brings terror and heartache to communities across Hampshire.

Cameron backs knife campaign

TORY leader David Cameron has backed the Daily Echo's knife campaign by calling for tougher penalties in relation to violent crime.

Man stabbed in back in vicious ambush Fresh warning from police about people carrying bladesReader comments (15)

'Never carry a knife' Heartbroken mum’s poignant messageReader comments (18)

Most knife carriers are spared jail FOUR out of every five people convicted of carrying a knife in Hampshire are getting off without a jail sentence, new figures have revealed.Reader comments (2)

Huge increase in convictions for carrying knives THE number of people convicted of carrying a knife in Hampshire has soared by 65 per cent over the past decade.Reader comments (14)

Sailor’s death still a mystery

THE death of Indian sailor Gregory Fernandes remains unsolved two months after he was apparently the victim of a race-hate gang attack.

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Footballer is cleared of rape

A FOOTBALLER arrested for rape as he prepared to play for his Hampshire club has been cleared of attacking a woman in a pub garden.

Knife poster winner THE competition was tough, but a 13-year-old schoolgirl from Southampton has been declared the winner of a poster campaign to stop people carrying knives.