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Idris Elba talks battling knife crime
Actor Idris Elba has launched a new campaign called Don't Stop Your Future in an aim to tackle knife crime.
Speaking to Today's Amol Rajan, Idris says a planned law change to ban all zombie knives and machete sales needs to be 'put into priority', and 'we all have a right to feel safe in our society'.
We also hear from Yemi, whose son Andre died after being stabbed, and the BBC's Home Editor Mark Easton.
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