Thousands sign knife crime pledge

More than 2,500 people have already signed a pledge calling for an end to knife crime as part of a campaign in a Warwickshire town.

The "pledge wall", put up outside St Andrew's Church in Rugby, is part of a weapons amnesty organised in the town.

People are being urged to hand in knives to the church or police.

It comes after Kevin Wright, 20, of Bilton, was stabbed to death near the church in May. A man has since been charged with his murder.

Carlton Ashman-Samuels, 28, of Nineveh Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, has been charged with murder and the attempted murders of Carl and Danny Wright.

The three men were attacked during the early hours of 5 May.

Papers look to knife crime fixes

Police are calling for stronger stop and search powers to tackle knife crime, reports The Observer.

News of the World has commissioned a poll to find out what young people think should be done about the issue.

Seven out of ten 16 to 24-year-olds surveyed backed an automatic two-year jail term for anyone caught with knives, it says