New measures to tackle gun crime
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Tony Blair plans urgent measures to tackle gun crime and target gangs after a run of fatal shootings in UK cities.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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LONDON, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Sunday that he wanted to lower to 17 the age at which a mandatory five-year sentence could be imposed for illegally possessing a gun. The announcement followed the shooting deaths of three teenagers.
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Manchester police are asking people who have illegal firearms to hand them in to stop them criminals using them.
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Public fears over young people carrying knives could prompt new government restrictions.
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The government is likely to bring in new anti-corruption laws in the wake of bribery allegations against the country&#39;s largest arms manufacturer, Solicitor General Vera Baird told parliament Monday.
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Plans are under way for a scheme aimed at encouraging people to inform on others who have a gun illegally.
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By LYNN JOLLY  CRIMINALS could soon be electronically tagged in a bid to stamp out the number of crimes being committed by people on bail.   The move comes after Fine Gael proposals were added to the new Criminal Justice Bill 2007.
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Comment is free: Hilary Benn: One person a minute dies from a gunshot. Now we have a chance to reduce weapons trading.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to help them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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"More than three quarters of knife crime is committed by 12 to 20 year olds, and the most practical way to stop such assaults is by stopping the carrying of knives."  The British government may introduce metal detectors in schools to cut knife crime, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said. via Manawatu Evening Standard
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Tony Blair has insisted that the wave of gun crime sweeping Britain's cities is "a specific problem within a specific criminal culture". Announcing a major review of firearms laws in the wake of five fatal ...Comment
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Police Chief William Bratton on Friday proposed a new use of deadly force policy that would ban officers from firing at moving vehicles.
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Three Welsh cities are to take part in the latest scheme to crack down on anti-social behaviour.
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The Scottish Executive takes steps to seek powers from Westminster over firearms legislation.
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New measures to fight crime, terror and drugs are at the heart of the UK Government's plans for the next year.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government yesterday proposed sweeping new powers to tackle terrorism, including electronic tagging, curfews, and house arrest for terror suspects without trial.