{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61ce53e440b3c900139313b7/6798fd54a7ace681d80af8aa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"IS THERE A KNIFE CRIME EPIDEMIC?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ce53e440b3c900139313b7/1738079427334-1b1253ff-3bb1-4a5b-8967-a569b844fb8c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the UK knife crime has increased by 80 percent in the last ten years. Teenagers are more than twice as likely to be fatally stabbed than they were a decade ago.  </p><p><br></p><p>Some 82 percent of murders involving teenagers are knife crimes, double the figure for murder victims of all ages.  </p><p><br></p><p>Overall knife crime has risen 4 percent since Starmer's Labour government took power, although it remains below the peak it reached before the Covid pandemic. </p><p><br></p><p>Fund honest independent Muslim journalism: http://support.islamchannel.tv   </p><p><br></p><p>Host: Chris Bambery</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Islam Channel"}