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Vatican inquiry underway into possible financial irregularities in world-renowned choirThe Vatican has launched an investigation in the Sistine Chapel Choir, after claims that members of the world-renowned choir may be involved in embezzlement, fraud and money laundering.The Vatican issued a Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more