Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Footballers say no to knife crime


Footballers say no to knife crime as high profile names like Beckham and Ferdinand join voices with the Home Secretary to fight against knife crime.
New figures revealed that almost 750 people have been stopped and searched every day since a £2 million knife crime blitz was launched in June.
Officers have stopped 55,000 people, arrested 2,500 suspects and seized 1,600 knives during operations in 10 violent hotspots in England and Wales.
The full article can be found here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2580296/David-Beckham-tells-of-friend-paralysed-by-knife-attack.html

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