Not all kitchen knives need a point on them

Idris Elba on stabbing crisis: 'Not all kitchen knives need a point on them'
In the documentary, called Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, the Hollywood star meets a 17-year-old boy at Feltham young offender institution who first began carrying a blade when he was 13. He grew up in a violent home and had been badly bullied at school for having dandruff.
Idris Elba proposes dulling kitchen knives to curb stabbing deaths
The BBC film sees Elba meet prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, who said that his party would commit to halving knife crime if elected, and the King, where the pair discussed solutions to the problem with some of the young people most affected by youth violence.
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, review: there’s no end in sight for this devastating epidemic
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Zombie knife ban won't solve crisis - but there is hope, says Idris Elba
Banning the sale of zombie knives is a positive step, but schools need to intervene earlier to help tackle the UK's knife crime crisis, says Idris Elba. The actor, 52, has spent the last year making a documentary for the BBC about solutions to knife crime,
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis is full of horrific stories. But can it actually help?
The Luther star has spent several years as a campaigner against knife crime and pushing for greater regulation on the sale of machetes and zombie knives, and Our Knife Crime Crisis finds the actor attempting to humanise the journey,
Watch: Idris Elba backs blunt kitchen knives to stop knife crime
Luther star speaks ahead of the release of BBC documentary in which actor talks to victims’ families, police officers and teenage offenders
Idris Elba resurrects knife plea first made in Plymouth 17 years ago
British actor Idris Elba - famous for his role as hard-bitten police detective Luther - has prompted discussions with his suggestion that kitchen knives could be blunted as part of innovations to tackle the issue of knife crime.
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'I carried a knife as a teenager - the overnment needs to listen to Idris Elba and take action NOW'
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