The Home Office is refusing to publish a report it commissioned on the retention policy of the DNA database.

The lengthy delays endured by military families waiting for inquests into soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq have been detailed here

In the London bombings of July 7 2005, 52 people died.

The decision by the European Court on Human Rights that insurers cannot offer differential premiums to men and women is anti-science.
 

The Independent on Sunday (last Sunday) and The Times (today) have run identical stories saying that the number of contested wills is rising, blamin

A statistician has provided evidence that helped to convict a Blackpool stallholder of running a game of hoopla that was almost impossible to win, report the

Ten of thousands of people are remanded in custody every year while they await trial. But when they come to court, a high proportion walk free.

Prisoners held on remand while awaiting trial can at least console themselves that if found guilty, their time on remand will count towards their sentence. But there is no such consolation for those found not guilty, or found guilty but given a non-custodial sentence.

In spite of the rising toll of the war in Afghanistan, fewer military inquests are being held.