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Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 April, 2005, 05:32 GMT 06:32 UK
Election: the home straight
Declan Curry at Albert Dock, Liverpool
Declan looks at violent crime
With just over a week to polling day, Declan Curry's election rally stopped off in Liverpool, where they're trying a new approach to violent crime.

The Chief Constable has vowed to make Liverpool the safest city in the country, in the run-up to its stint as City of Culture in three years' time.

We went out on patrol with Merseyside's crime-busters: Team Matrix. And, we looked at impact on the victims of violent crime and their families.

We talked to Seth and Nettie Ormandy, whose son was murdered by someone who was working for him.

And, we heard from Professor Mark Bellis of John Moores University in Liverpool

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