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Crackdown on knife crime

1:37pm Monday 23rd November 2009

HAMPSHIRE has been chosen as one of 15 nationwide knife crime hotspots to benefit from a hard-hitting crackdown.

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Kids asked to shame knife yobs in city

1:42pm Friday 13th November 2009

TENS of thousands of schoolchildren are being urged to send a text message to turn in fellow pupils who carry knives.

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Four knife attacks in 24 hours

11:56am Monday 3rd August 2009

FOUR young men are in hospital today after 24 hours of knife attacks on the streets of Southampton.

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Extra cash to tackle county’s knife crime

11:05am Thursday 12th March 2009

EXTRA cash is set to be ploughed into Hampshire in a bid to rid its streets of knife crime.

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Fresh-faced trio in knifepoint robbery

10:20am Monday 8th December 2008

THEY are the baby-faced thugs who subjected a 15-year-old boy to a terrifying knifepoint robbery.

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Teens live in climate of fear

12:50pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Gangs, knives, bullies and teenagers . . . research commissioned by police and thought to be first in country, will make eye-opening reading for parents

Man stabbed in back in vicious ambush

12:09pm Tuesday 18th March 2008

Fresh warning from police about people carrying blades

'Never carry a knife'

9:00am Wednesday 12th March 2008

Heartbroken mum’s poignant message

Most knife carriers are spared jail

7:00am Thursday 21st February 2008

FOUR out of every five people convicted of carrying a knife in Hampshire are getting off without a jail sentence, new figures have revealed.