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Sales of acid to under-18s are to be banned following the string of recent acid attacks.

The announcement came from Home Secretary Amber Rudd during her speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

She also declared her intention to prevent the sale of knives to children online and make the possession of flick knives and zombie knives at home illegal. There will also be a invest £600,000 investment in new technology to remove child pornography from the internet.

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There has been a significant rise in the numbers of attacks involving corrosive substances across England since 2012.

It is also and issue in Wales with 11 threatened acid attacks, five cases of criminal damage and one assault over the same period.

In August it was announced that people taking bottles of water into Welsh courts are being ordered to take sips to prove it is not acid - in a security crackdown in the wake of attacks.

Security staff at court buildings are carrying out the “sip test” checks to stop would-be attackers from throwing acid at judges, jurors or witnesses.

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Anyone bringing a drink to court buildings - including lawyers, journalists and staff members - must now take a sip from their bottle before being able to pass through security.