KNIVES, swords and machetes can be safely handed in with no questions asked during a week-long amnesty being run by Greater Manchester Police.

Bury Police Station in Dunster Road, Bury, is one of 11 sites where there will be a bin for visitors to deposit their bladed weapons anonymously until Sunday during the 8am to 11pm daily opening hours of the inquiry counter.

The collected weapons will be donated to British Ironworks to help create an ongoing work of art as a lasting tribute to those from across the UK who have lost their lives to knife crime.

Detective Chief Inspector Debbie Dooley, of the Xcalibre Task Force at GMP, said: “Knife crime is not as big an issue as it is elsewhere in the country but there’s been a slight increase.

“It has such an impact on everybody’s lives when knife crime does take place — for the victim’s family, for the offender’s family and for the community at large.

“These campaigns help make Greater Manchester a safer place to live.”

In 2015 a similar amnesty was held that prompted an impressive response from the public including swords, machetes, serrated hunting knives, antique blades and kitchen knives.