On a knife edge

Posted on January 28th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Learning

The scents floating from Mrs Lovett’s ovens as each batch bakes entice eager queues. Indeed, the pies are so delicious that pregnant women have been known to send their husbands the length of London to fetch one home. Relished by all, Lovett’s pies are especially popular with hungry lawyers and their clerks from the nearby [...]

Knife scanners at school gates to curb attacks

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family News

Airport-style metal detectors will be installed at hundreds of school gates under sweeping measures to confront the growing problem of teenage knife crime.Their introduction at the toughest secondary schools, which will be announced next month by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, forms a core element of the government’s new violent crime action plan. Senior police officers [...]