before the media started to join deaths of teens as far as manchester, glasgow, and london, describing them collectively as a wave, or a trend, i often ask my self this question, how many deaths of teens by teens had there been before ? ... we know that teenage stabbings have always been an issue for sectarian riven glasgow, a fact that just now much of the london centric media is picking up on.... and there have been a few high profile killings like james bulger and the damilola tailor 'incident' ...but what about those declining northern towns that are literally disappearing off the face of the map due to chronic under investment and drug s....

i'm not so-much arguing a new point, all i'm saying is that where my folks live ( south london), there has always been a problem with kids and weapons, small though it has been, i just feel as though middle class london is now for the first time waking up to it...