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Inside Europe | 10.10.2009 | 15:05

The guns fall silent in one of Britain’s most violent cities.

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Britain’s main opposition party the Conservatives have held their final party conference before national elections next year. And the resounding theme of the final day in the northen city of Manchester was how to fix what they call “broken Britain”.

 

And it’s a theme Manchester knows all about. The city suffered some of Britain's most violent turf wars, and gang-related gun crime became so commonplace the city was dubbed "Gunchester". But now the guns on Manchester's streets have all but fallen silent. Police take some of the credit after several high-profile convictions of gang ringleaders. But as Lars Bevanger now reports from Manchester, the real success story lies in the co-operation between police, voluntary workers and the local community.

 

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