Laura Foster

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Laura Foster

A charity is calling for all primary school children to be taught how to avoid getting involved in knife crime as part of the national curriculum. Maya Joseph-Hussain, who is chief executive at the Safety Centre in Milton Keynes, said "every young child should have access to this education". Knife crime prevention is discussed in schools but is not mandatory. The government says it is reviewing how the issue is taught as part of a wider review into relationships, sex and health education (RSHE).

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Laura Devlin |Laura Foster

Image source, BBC/Jamie NiblockImage caption, Museum staff believe the binding and corners of this book are made using the skin of 19th Century murderer William CorderThe cover of a book held at a Suffolk museum was recently found to be made from the skin of a man hanged for a notorious murder almost 200 years ago. William Corder was convicted of killing a woman in 1827, which shocked Georgian Britain and became known as the Red Barn Murder.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Laura Devlin |Laura Foster

Who was the murderer whose skin binds a book? Laura Devlin & Laura FosterGetty ImagesWilliam Corder's legacy lives on, as the Red Barn Murder continues to enthrallThe cover of a book held at a Suffolk museum was recently found to be made from the skin of a man hanged for a notorious murder almost 200 years ago. So what do we know of William Corder and the Red Barn Murder, which fascinates to this day? Who were William and his victim Maria?

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Laura Foster |Alex Pope

Image source, Laura Foster/BBCImage caption, Davinia Walsh said Dylan's Bike Track would be somewhere for young people to feel "protected and safe"BBC News, NorthamptonshireBBC News, NorthamptonshireThe mother of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed said working to reopen a bike track in his honour had given her "something to get up for in the morning". Dylan Holliday died after he was stabbed 13 times near an underpass behind the track in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on 5 August 2021.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Laura Foster

Grieving mother says reopening bike track gives her purposeLaura FosterBBC News, NorthamptonshireReporting fromWellingboroughAlex PopeBBC News, NorthamptonshireLaura Foster/BBCDavinia Walsh said Dylan's Bike Track would be somewhere for young people to feel "protected and safe"The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed said working to reopen a bike track in his honour had given her "something to get up for in the morning".