More than one in three shops in a county illegally sold knives to teenagers in undercover tests. Volunteers, aged between 13 and 16, tried to buy knives and bladed articles in shops across Lancashire.

At lunch time shops are inundated by hordes of local school children in their uniforms ... warnings about the dangers of carrying a knife will replace the standard packaging at shops across ...

This comes as part of Operation Sceptre, a knife crime awareness campaign taking place this week. Police Cadets, with the support of officers from local neighbourhood teams, have been visiting shops ...

conducted undercover test purchasing operations last month to determine whether local retailers were complying with laws prohibiting the sales of knives to underage people. During these operations ...