Senior Tory aims to stop young yobs

SHADOW home secretary Chris Grayling today called for a clampdown on youth violence after the "grotesque" attack on two boys in Doncaster.

He said the attack, which left a nine-year-old and 11-year-old with serious injuries, was a "wake up call" for "Broken Britain". In a speech to the Policy Exchange think tank in central London he linked minor yobbishness to the "brutality" of more serious violence.

Mr Grayling pledged to target anti-social behaviour among children in an effort to stop it escalating as they get older and said it was time to "reclaim the streets" from yobs.

He said: "Violence between children is becoming too much of a norm. But one step we can take quickly is to go to war on anti-social behaviour."