Bromley police’s chief has thrown his support behind News Shopper’s Voices Against Violence campaign.
Borough commander Chief Superintendent Charles Griggs said he was sick of the escalation in violence and willingness of people to use knives and weapons.
He said: “It is time that we created an environment where society stigmatises those who carry knives or other weapons. It is not cool to carry them. It is not trendy. I want to work with the News Shopper and the people of Bromley to tackle this problem. I appeal to the community to help. If you know someone who carries a knife, tell us.”

The Society of Editors has been working with the Ministry of Justice to discuss contempt of court in the age of the internet, and is to continue talks with the Attorney General Baroness Scotland on the topic.

A journalism lecturer with a wealth of international experience has joined the staff of the University of Central Lancashire as course leader for the BA (Hons) International Journalism course.
Megan Knight arrives fresh from teaching in Dubai and South Africa and recently headed up the media programme in Dubai for Middlesex University. She has written for the Independent Group in South Africa and her research interests lie in alternative and new media and the way blog can supplant commercial media.

Journalist Adrian Monk is to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Media.
He is a professor at City University in London and will attend the inaugural summit in November.

The Eastern Daily Press has been fighting against proposed Post Office closures.
Campaign posters went up at many of the 69 Norfolk and West Suffolk threatened with closure in the latest round of cuts.