morning's reviewers are anne ashworth, associate editor at the times, and political commentator james millar. stay with us for that. good morning. new stop and search powers are being given to police in england and wales to try and tackle rising knife crime. the home secretary, sajid javid, is making it easierfor officers to intervene where they think serious violence may occur. but opponents say it's intrusive and won't work. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw has more. another knife off the streets. this 3.5 inch blade was found when a young man was stopped and searched in north london. now police in the seven areas worst affected by knife crime will be able to carry out more searches, because the government is relaxing rules brought in when theresa may was home secretary. the whole government agree that stop and search is a vital power. we still, of course, want it to be targeted and focused and intelligence—led, which it will be. but with these new increased powers, we all agree, including the prime minister, this is exactly what is needed to help fight the rise in serious violen