Knife Angel sculpture arrives in Medway

A huge sculpture made of seized and confiscated knives is being put on display to highlight the UK's knife crime epidemic. The Knife Angel, described as a national monument against violence and aggression, is at the Rochester Cathedral gardens.

The sculpture is made from more than 100,000 surrendered and confiscated knives that were supplied by 43 police forces across the UK including Kent, in the hopes this would help to reveal the scale of the problem.

The almost eight-metre sculpture took two years to make, and was a collaboration between artist Alfie Bradley and the British Ironwork Centre.

Matthew Scott, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, said: "The Knife Angel is a moving and thought-provoking piece of art which helps to raise awareness of the human cost of knife crime."

The sculpture will be on display in Rochester until Sunday, September 29.