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Health
In an article about the rise in mental health issues among the UK's teenagers, the Times noted that depressive disorders pose an increasing threat to our global health. But are people in poorer countries just as likely to suffer from depression as those living in wealthier nations? Read
Crime
Following the collapse of Vicky Pryce's trial earlier this week, and the revealing details of the questions asked of the judge by the jury, a debate over the merit of trial by jury has entered the mainstream. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While BBC Question Time panelists debated the size of the welfare bill, the show's extra guest claimed it was small change compared to the scale of tax evasion and avoidance. So how much money is lost to the Treasury this way? Read
Crime
8,000 criminals were handed eleven bouts of community service before being jailed, the Daily Mail reports. Does community sentencing work? Full Fact inspects the figures. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With the Prime Minister beating the drum for British business on the Indian sub-continent, do we really lag behind Belgium in terms of our trade links with India? Read
Europe
After releasing estimates of how many migrants from Romania and Bulgaria would reach our shores, Migration Watch has looked into the economic incentives behind their potential move. Read
Health
This week the papers reported that breastfeeding within an hour of birth could save 95 babies per hour, 830,000 a year globally. Are these figures sound? And would they apply to UK children? Read
Health
The horsemeat scandal has certainly polluted our idea of the food chain: from an abattoirs in some unspecified location, straight to our dinner plate. But is horsemeat bad for you? Read
Education
In the aftermath of the case of Deputy Headmaster Roy Cope, the Daily Express today laments the growing chaos in England's classrooms, citing thousands of pupils excluded for violence and teachers claiming they're subject to direct physical aggression. Do the numbers support the rhetoric? Read
Health
For some time now, at the entrance to one Surrey GP, patients have been confronted with the following notice: "Why is it getting harder to get appointments? Due to a … Read
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