Sheffield stabbings: police consider extra stop-and-searches

Police are considering authorising extra stop-and-search powers in parts of Sheffield after two teenagers were fatally stabbed this week.Police said another 15-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of murder.Ch Supt Stuart Barton, of South Yorkshire police, said: “This weekend we’re considering some additional powers that we may wish to use, that we don’t like to use, on occasions around stop-and-search.