Watch the UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee: Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on 'zombie' knives

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Idris Elba has launched a campaign called Don't Stop Your Future, aimed at halting knife crime. The Wire star has been speaking to Sky's Sarah-Jane Mee.

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

The Luther star has launched a campaign called Don't Stop Your Future, and told 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 said.

Read more on this story: https://news.sky.com/story/idris-elba-calls-for-immediate-ban-on-zombie-knives-13044027

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