Without wanting to sound like a contributor to the Daily Mail (bang goes my promotion) these are worrying times in which we live.
The violence on our streets is reaching a totally unacceptable level. Hardly a day goes by without another young person needlessly losing their life.
Call it gang culture, weapons culture, whatever. It is deeply concerning.
It was brought home to me this week when I was weighing up our choice of front page story.
I decided against the story about the 13-year-old taking a BB gun into Thomas Bennett college because, frankly, everyone I spoke to didn't seem that shocked about it.
When teenagers carrying guns (imitation or not) into the classroom becomes commonplace, it really is time to start worrying.
