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Knife detectors for city revellers

Police in Plymouth are to install knife arches in certain key locations in the city in a bid to deter clubbers and revellers from carrying knives.

The arches, which will be introduced from tonight (Friday 19 April), work in a similar way to airport metal detectors and are fully portable and easy to assemble.

The initiative follows last weekend's stabbing of a 23-year-old man in...