it started with venetia melbourne blake, killed in a drive—by shooting, that same night, and none should call was shot dead and two days later, another man stabbed to death. their debts adding to a sharp increase in killings of young people in london and other big cities. in response to what ministers see as a disturbing national surge in serious violence, the home secretary launched a new strategy this morning, trying to tackle some of the causes like younger people dealing drugs. —— tanesha melbourne—blake. dealing drugs. —— tanesha melbourne-blake. i'm choosing to make sure that serious violence is seen as them priority that it is, it ruins lives and destroys families, serious violence, attacking it and reducing it is a serious priority, thatis reducing it is a serious priority, that is why we are putting a0 million pines behind the. ministers have always dismissed a link between the rise in violence and é §——7