People have to carry on because if you don't the violence wins. We need to keep incentivising our youths to stop this vicious cycle.

People have to carry on because if you don't the violence wins. We need to keep incentivising our youths to stop this vicious cycle.

There have always been ­gangland-type areas in Nottingham - but what's really hit me hard is kids as young as eight are now carrying knives to school. That was something I never saw when I was growing up. The police and ­families have got a ­responsibility. These young people are ­feeling trapped. They don't even have somewhere to go to just have fun.

Carrying a knife has come from my fear of what ­someone might do to me. So I'll do ­something to them first. All you have to do is get a hint of danger and I'll all-out attack. There won't be waiting about to see if this person will attack me first.