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'My OBE honour is only the beginning of our fight to save lives' - Mum of slain Wolverhampton teen Ronan Kanda reacts to King's honour

"Our work is not done. This is only the beginning," says Pooja Kanda the mother of murdered Wolverhampton teenager Ronan Kanda. She has been appointed the OBE in the King's Birthday Honours List for her campaign to ban online knife sales.

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