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The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Product Safety Report for Vevor Round Knife Cutter presenting a high risk of injuries.
A statistical release on trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife or offensive weapon offences.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Product Recall for Vevor Round Knife Cutter, RS-90B, Fabric Cutting Machine presenting a high risk of injuries.
Zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed under legislation laid today. A surrender and compensation scheme will launch in the summer.
Providing more detail on the knife and offensive weapon sentencing statistics presented in the knife and offensive weapon sentencing statistics publications.
Statistical release on trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife or offensive weapon offences.
DASA has launched a competition seeking innovative technologies and approaches that help to reduce knife crime.
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
Voluntary agreement with major retailers on a set of principles to prevent the underage sale of knives in their stores and through their websites.
Advance notification of a new competition seeking innovations in technology and approaches to help tackle knife crime
The government has introduced a new ban on zombie-style knives and machetes that have no practical use and will give police more powers to seize knives.
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