Rape conviction rate falls to all-time low
Convictions for reported rape cases have reached an all-time low because of a "culture of scepticism" among the police, according to Home Office research published last n...
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Child mortality rate investigated
A special commission, charged with investigating why Bradford's child mortality rate is twice the national average, met for the first time yesterday.
Of the 7,000 babie...
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Should I freeze my dollar wages at one rate?
Q I work as a part-time contractor for an American consultancy and get paid in US dollars. When I started with them last August, the rate to the pound was $1.82. The rat...
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Regulator clamps down on premium rate scams
A clampdown on misleading and fraudulent premium rate phone services was announced by the telecoms regulator yesterday after a surge in complaints about internet "rogue d...
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Ofcom toughens up on premium rate firms
Safeguards to protect people from being ripped off by premium rate phone lines were announced by the telecoms regulator today.
Ofcom carried out a review of the industry...
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High abuse rate sparks health fears
Drug experts say the most alarming aspect of Britain's new position at the top of the European cocaine and cannabis league is that the long-term health effects of such wi...
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University revives course with 90% failure rate
A university architecture course where 90% of students failed their final exams is to be revived, it was announced today.
Only six out of 60 undergraduates at the Unive...
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War raised Iraqi death rate by 100,000
As many as 100,000 more Iraqi civilians have died in the 18 months since the US-led invasion last year than would have been expected in the period before the war, a study...
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Large gap between public fear and the actual rate of crime
Although the official figures show that the fear of crime has fallen in the past year the public still finds it hard to believe that crime overall in England and Wales ha...
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Rate rises leave shoppers unfazed
Britain's shoppers have been unfazed by the Bank of England's five interest rate increases as retail sales last month grew at the fastest pace since January.
The Office...
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