Watch the UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee: Idris Elba requires speedy ban on ‘zombie’ knives

Idris Elba has launched a marketing campaign referred to as Don’t Stop Your Future, aimed toward halting knife crime. The Wire star has been talking to Sky’s Sarah-Jane Mee.

He urged the federal government to instantly ban machetes and so-called zombie knives, saying it is "time to push the agenda as strongly as we can".

The Luther star has launched a marketing campaign referred to as Don’t Stop Your Future, and informed Sky News that "the nation wants to see that we do care about our youth".

"We’re seeing a rise not a decline and that needs to change," Elba mentioned.

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