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Hollywood actor Idris Elba will join the Prime Minister in Downing Street to launch a new effort to tackle knife crime. Elba, an anti-knife crime campaigner, will join Sir Keir Starmer on Monday ...
Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover how we can break the cycle. Show more Knife crime is ...
community leaders and tech companies – to halve knife crime and take back our streets.” open image in gallery Idris Elba and Sir Keir Starmer hope to bring together families, campaigners ...
Idris Elba is fronting a new BBC documentary about knife crime in which he discusses solutions with the King and the Prime Minister. The 52-year-old Luther actor launched a campaign earlier this ...
When Idris Elba speaks, people listen. In January 2024, he kicked off the New Year with a protest outside Parliament. His subject of choice? Knife crime. Shortly after, the government announced ...
TV viewers have said Idris Elba’s documentary on knife crime was a "hard watch" but "compelling" viewing. The Wire star spent the last year filming BBC programme Our Knife Crime Crisis. He met young ...
Idris Elba joined Sir Keir Starmer as he laid out Labour’s “moral mission” to reduce knife crime in the capital. The Labour leader said tackling the problem would be an “absolute priority ...
By Lily Ford British actor Idris Elba (Luther, Hijack) will front a new BBC One documentary on the reality of knife crime in the U.K. A BBC press release said: “Idris faced crossroads in his ...
“So many people dismiss knife ... crime as something that doesn’t affect them, assuming it’s a Black and Brown urban and gang-related problem – but this couldn’t be further from the ...
Actor Idris Elba joined PM Sir Keir Starmer to launch a new anti-knife crime coalition. The coalition aims to ban ninja swords and tighten the laws on online knife sales, with Elba saying ...