Police say 'surrender firearms' to cut violent crime

The North West's police forces are asking anyone with an unlawfully-held firearm to surrender it, in an effort to cut violent crime.

Officers are not just targeting criminals but gun collectors, licence holders and those who may have inherited a weapon. They say they want to stop guns falling into the wrong hands.

A previous surrender scheme saw 800 firearms, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, handed-in across the North West.