The causes are numerous and complex, but it is the scale and the age of those involved that alarms adults on the frontline.
By Ben Quinn
With a metallic creak, the door to one of Birmingham’s ‘weapons surrender bins’ opened to reveal a plethora of blades, from kitchen knives to karambits, claw-sh...
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