The Guardian

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 09/03/2010 - 17:52

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Can U afford Man U?

Wild excitement must have gripped readers of The Guardian on Saturday, when they read on Page 1 of the sports section that Manchester United was valued at a mere £800,000,

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 01/03/2010 - 18:17

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The Guardian gets its bugs in a twist

The Guardian has an entertaining story today about the number of bugs in Britain's soil. Apparently they've doubled in number in the past decade.

Sheila Bird and Chris Robertson :: Tue, 13/10/2009 - 14:28

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H1N1 risks and pregnant women

In today’s Guardian, Professor David Salisbury, Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health, is quoted as saying that H1N1 vaccine is completely safe for pregnant women.

Sheila Bird :: Mon, 21/09/2009 - 15:17

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£6 million Blueprint down the drain

In Saturday’s Guardian, Ben Goldacre dismembered a Home Office study designed to evaluate a drug education project in schools.

Nigel Hawkes :: Sun, 20/09/2009 - 10:24

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PCC rules on depressed zero

The complaint made by Straight Statistics reader John Huggins to the Press Complaints Commission against The Guardian has been rejected.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 25/08/2009 - 11:28

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Zeroing in on youth unemployment

A Straight Statistics reader, John Huggins, has taken exception to a graphic in The Guardian, illustrating the rise in youth unemployment.

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 17/08/2009 - 15:57

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A slice of ham from the WCRF

“Don’t give your children ham” says the World Cancer Research Fund today, claiming that 3,700 cases of bowel cancer a year could be prevented in the UK if everyone ate less than 70g of processed meat a week.

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 22/07/2009 - 16:00

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A blunt way to cut knife crime

Whichever way you cut it, the Government can’t win over knife crime statistics.

David Lipsey :: Wed, 08/07/2009 - 16:01

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Nonsense about public sector pensions

The British North-American Committee sounds a solid enough organisation and its document “The need for transparency in public sector pensions&rdqu