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BY
ROB
GIBSON
rob.gibson@
mk-news.co.
uk
AN
anti-bullying
campaigner
has
been
praised
for
his
wo
rk
by
the
wife
of
for-
mer
Pr
ime
Mi
nister
To
ny
Bl
air
.
Tw
enty
-y
ear
-old
Alex
Ho
lmes
,
of
Wo
odside
,
St
ony
St
ra
tfor
d,
continued
his
one-man
cr
usade
against
bullying
by
joining
a
campaign
to
ri
d
the
str
eets
of
knives
and
guns
.
On
Su
nday
his
volunteer
wor
k
acr
oss
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
was
commended
by
Cher
ie
Bl
air
at
a
live
television
debate
for
Channel
48217
s
Di
sar
ming
Br
itain
campaign.
Alex
said:
8220T
his
is
such
an
impor
tant
issue
.
8220E
ver
y
we
ek
in
2007
a
teenager
was
mur
der
ed
on
Br
itain
8217s
str
eets
and
this
ye
ar
is
no
differ
ent.
8220L
ots
have
nicknamed
it
82162000
and
hate
8217.
8220W
e
need
to
find
out
why
yo
ung
people
ar
en
8217t
re
specting
each
other
and
yo
ung
people
ar
e
a
ver
y
impor
tant
par
t
of
this
pr
ocess
and
ultimately
the
solution.
8220C
her
ie
congr
atulated
me
on
my
anti-
bullying
wor
k
and
she
said
ho
w
it
was
so
impor
tant
that
yo
ung
people
we
re
a
par
t
of
the
8216S
tr
eet
We
apons
Co
mmission
8217
debate
.8221
The
St
re
et
We
apons
Co
mmission
is
an
indepe
ndent
and
divers
e
group
of
com-
missio
ners
chair
ed
by
Cher
ie
Booth
QC.
Ale
x
beg
an
his
cam
pai
gn
at
Kin
gsb
ro
ok
Bu
siness
and
Enterpr
ise
Co
llege
in
De
anshanger
thr
ee
ye
ars
ago
after
he
was
bullied
at
the
age
of
15.
Su
nday8217
s
liv
e
studio
debate
took
an
unflinching
look
at
the
tr
uth
about
gun
and
knife
cr
ime
among
yo
ung
people
,
pr
esented
by
Jo
n
Sn
ow
.
Over
the
last
ye
ar
Alex
has
tour
ed
schools
ar
ound
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
,
offer
ing
encour
agement
and
wor
ds
of
advice
to
yo
ungsters
who
feel
thr
eatened.
He
is
keen
to
tackle
the
knife
cultur
e
among
yo
ung
people
which
has
been
under
the
spotlight
in
re
cent
we
eks
fol-
lo
wing
a
ser
ies
of
stabbings
in
London.
Now
Alex,
who
is
working
at
Ra
dcliffe
school
in
Wo
lver
ton,
is
calling
on
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
8217
yo
uth
to
give
their
input
and
ideas
on
what
we
should
do
about
str
eet
cr
ime
.
He
said:
8220U
ltimately
I
want
to
change
the
cultur
e
in
schools
of
not
telling
and
make
it
fun
to
get
involv
ed
and
cool
to
get
along
with
each
other
and
re
spect
each
other
.8221
9632
If
yo
u
have
a
comment,
exper
ience
,
song,
poem,
or
video
,
get
in
touch
with
Alex
by
e-mail
at
heads_high
@hotmail.co
.ukSHO
PPE
RS
ha
ve
bee
n
adm
iri
ng
som
e
eye
-ca
tch
ing
art
wor
k
aro
und
the
cit
y
cen
tre
as
the
fir
st
Fr
inge
Fe
stival
begins.
An
array
of
sculptures
and
paintings
sprang
up
around
thecentre:mk
as
part
of
the
Big
Moo
Fr
inge
Fe
stival,
which
culmina
tes
this
weekend
with
a
series
of
events
celebra
ting
the
city8217
s
diversity
.
Organisers
Ga
vin
Anderson
and
Sally
Annett
stopped
at
Queen8217
s
Court
to
reflect
on
a
fully
laid
dining
table,
chairs
and
a
bed
8211
all
placed
in
the
middle
of
the
fountain.
9632
Fo
r
more
on
a
fun
weekend
in
the
city
inc
luding
Big
Moo2
and
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pa
ge
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Cherie
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the
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