Last week the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) published the results of a very large randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Eight police forces yesterday launched six-month trials of "what works best" in logging calls and responding to complaints about anti-social behaviour.

In 1993, Conservative Home Secretary Michael Howard famously proclaimed “Prison works!” and built more prisons.
 

Too many clinical trials produce results that are statistically significant but clinically meaningless, according to two US cardiologists.

Gloomy winter days beget a gloomy mood in many people. But the Meteorological Office has an answer.

When a British soldier dies in Afghanistan, we know within days the sex, age and region of residence of the fatality, together with the immediate cause of death. How different it is for swine flu.