The Mirror sent a 16-year-old girl with no ID into 23 shops in London, Manchester and Liverpool and 15 of them broke the law by selling her knives up to 8ins long - for as little as £1.30 ...

Currently there are no sentencing guidelines for selling knives to under-18s . Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

DEADLY “zombie knives” are being sold to kids through TikTok and Snapchat with a sick “courier service” style delivery. The lethal weapons are reportedly available to buy on… ...

The survey of internet selling by the TSI found widespread breaches of the law, and the institute called on the government to ban internet knife sales. Trading standards officers were able to buy ...

A supermarket in Mitcham has been left red-faced after it was caught selling half-priced knives the same day the company vowed to start clearing them from its shelves. On Saturday, March 9, Asda ...

In addition, 96 out of 725 test purchases carried out by London Trading Standards and the police across the capital last year resulted in knives and blades being sold to children as young as 13.