Number of people in treatment at lowest level for a decade despite year-on-year growth in those dealing with alcohol addiction, research shows Via: Tory cuts leave alcohol addiction services at breaking point warns Labour, as figures show record low in treatment
More than 26,000 assaults against police officers in England and Wales and 17,000 on NHS staff recorded in past year Via: Prison sentences doubled for people who attack emergency service workers under new law
Calls for alternatives to prosecuting paedophiles as police ‘reach saturation point’ Via: Paedophiles viewing child sex abuse images once every 23 minutes in England and Wales as crimes rocket
It provoked tabloid fury. But this bizarre spectacle, complete with car wreck, posed tough questions about death, royals and the social order. Our writer joined the procession‘Princess Diana to be EXORCISED in ‘sick and twisted’ FUNERAL re-enactment,” raged a recent tabloid headline, announcing a “satirical remake” at Salford’s White Hotel Read more
Licences, passports and phone bills among topics explored in fresh batch of papers released on Thursday The impact that a no-deal Brexit could have on driving licences, passports and phone bills will be spelled out by the government as ministers release a batch of papers on Thursday warning of the Read more
BBC Two’s science show says in age of Netflix and Amazon it should not be taken for grantedThe BBC has “supersized the scale” of the experiments in its veteran science show Horizon to help attract new audiences to the programme, which is in danger of being “taken for granted”.Thought to Read more
Study shows impact of health inequalities on end-of-life care across areas of countryPeople in the most deprived areas of Scotland are more likely to die alone at home, according to research that reveals the significant impact of health inequalities on end-of-life care.Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University also discovered that elderly Read more
L’homme qui a blessé dimanche soir à l’arme blanche sept personnes dans le 19e arrondissement de Paris a été mis en examen du chef de tentatives d’homicides volontaires. Via: Agressions au couteau à Paris : le suspect mis en examen et écroué
Bei einem Polizei-Einsatz im Essener Großfamilien-Milieu werden zwei Polizisten attackiert und verletzt. Auch nach der Festnahme sorgt der Festgenommene für Ärger. NRW-Innenminister Reul kritisiert „die brutale Gewalt gegen die Polizisten“. Via: Angriff auf Polizistin in Essen, U-Haft für 17-Jährigen
Innenminister Seehofer stellt sich hinter seinen Behördenchef. Der bleibt bei dem Inhalt seiner Äußerungen zu Chemnitz, bedauert aber manche Formulierungen. In die große Koalition ist der Friede damit keineswegs zurückgekehrt, im Gegenteil. Via: Maaßen kommt mit dem blauen Auge davon – genau wie Merkel