Firearms incidents involving young people have halved in the last year after police presentations to thousands of school pupils in South Yorkshire.

Since the introduction of a dedicated firearms team to tackle youth gun culture the number of cases has dropped by 50% or 290 incidents.

In the last six months the team have visited over 40 secondary schools out of a possible 55 in the county.

Students have described the presentation as one of the best they have ever seen and a straw poll at one school revealed a significant change in their attitude towards gun crime. Read more...

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