40 h. ago Schoolgirl, 15, who stabbed ‘abusive father’ to death over his gambling spared jail

A teenager allegedly slashed her dad with a kitchen knife at their Moscow apartment in an apparent desperate attempt to save her older sister from a brutal attack, following a disagreement

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2 w. ago Police swoop on Liverpool primary school after girl, 11, pulls out kitchen knife

Officers from Merseyside Police are investigating after the weapon, said to be brought from the girl's home, was found at Lingham Primary School, Wirral on March 25.

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2 w. ago Baulkham Hills stabbing: woman arrested and three children in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy in stable condition and 46-year-old woman under guard in hospital after alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mother has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed her three children multiple times in their home in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police Det Supt Naomi Moore said on Monday that the children’s father woke to yells in their Baulkham Hills home, and secured the kitchen knife from his partner. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ninja StaySharp Knife Block Review: can an integrated sharpener save time and money?

We tested whether bluntness might truly be banished forever

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3 w. ago The Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith addresses 'shameful moment' she 'stabbed someone'

The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith once accidentally stabbed a chef in the groin with a knife and feared she had "unmanned" him after the kitchen blunder

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3 w. ago No more wonky sourdough: in search of the perfect kitchen knife

When your old knives no longer make the grade, should you buy British or Japanese, stainless steel or carbon steel, factory-made or handmade?In Deptford, south-east London, Holly Loftus hand-crafts between 10 and 15 knives a month. The least expensive of these could be yours for £160, while the dearest might set you back as much as £580. What do you get for your money if you seriously splash out? Loftus, who was born in Ireland and is soft spoken and gently thoughtful, takes her time with this question. “It’s to do with how much time I’ve spent combining different steels,” she says, hesitantly. “Some of the knives involve a layering technique – people know it as damascus steel – which creates a pattern on the blade. It takes a long time. There’s a lot of folding and cutting and hammering.”Such a knife is likely to be with its owner for a good while – perhaps for ever. “I’m lucky,” she continues. “The people who buy my knives have a strong sense of what they’re ge...

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