'If we want to stop children picking up a knife, we need to invest in what works.'

Ashley Walters and Romesh Ranganathan are Batch LDN customers.

The couple became first-time buyers at just 23 and 24.

One bar absolutely blew my mind...

‘We don’t need any more disincentives to come in the area and stay.'

The raids have been aimed at addresses across the UK.

'And so, the nightmare began.'

Though Glasgow is the first city to trial the idea, there have been questions of how realistic a similar scheme in London would be.

'Foraging is seen nowadays as a niche hobby but it's the way our ancestors survived, so I think there's a deep need to do it,' he said.