How bonkers plan to tackle knife crime flopped with offences soaring by 40% in UK stabbing hotspots

A GOVERNMENT plan to get community volunteers in knife-crime hotspots patrolling routes to schools has been branded “a policy of the mad-house” – after a pilot scheme saw the violence INCREASE. During a trial in the West Midlands, youth knife offences in the area soared by 40 per cent, while teachers, charity workers and other...