England and Wales record 37 deaths so far in 2018 as charity stresses deprivation underlies violence

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This year is on course to be the worst in 10 years for numbers of young people in England and Wales killed in knife attacks, with 37 children and teenagers stabbed to death so far, continuing a five-year upward trend, according to figures collated by the Guardian.

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