'How Jill Dando's death convinced me everything you know about crime is wrong': NICK ROSS tells the shocking truth about the murder of his friend and the real cause of crime. By Nick Ross Published: 21:21 GMT, 18 May 2013 | Updated: 08:27 GMT, 19 May 2013 Crime has been with us since Adam and Eve and, surprisingly, God didn’t spot the solution. Rather than punishing the miscreants, it might have been better had he put the forbidden fruit higher up the tree. We have been too slow to realise how strongly crime levels are dictated by temptation and opportunity. It took a lot of research to persuade me of this. Close: Nick Ross and Jill Dando are pictured presenting Crimewatch When, in 1984, I started presenting Crimewatch, I shared everyone’s presumptions that crime is caused by criminals.
It seemed obvious: If we want to cut crime we must cut criminality. Three years later, quite by chance, I had an epiphany. I was reporting for the BBC and, at the start of China’s astonishing race towards modernisation, I stood on a top-floor balcony in a dusty town with the local mayor. Why, I asked, were some of the new homes surrounded by barbed wire? ‘It wasn’t,’ said the mayor. Mother who sued because doctors failed to spot her son was disabled must sell her house after NHS want some money back because he died. Deborah Mackay, 33, won landmark legal case for her son Calum Mother used the cash to buy a house so he could be properly cared forBut Calum died suddenly and the NHS has requested £330,000 back By Martin Robinson Published: 13:01 GMT, 15 May 2013 | Updated: 16:13 GMT, 15 May 2013 Insulted: Deborah is upset because the £705,000 of interim payments were not ringfenced, so she could spend on what Calum needed A mother who sued because doctors failed to spot her unborn son was disabled has to sell the home she bought to care for him in because the NHS wants almost half the cash back after he died suddenly.
Deborah Mackay, 33, took legal action against Bedford Hospital NHS Trust after scans failed to detect spina bifida in her unborn baby Calum, depriving her of the choice to terminate the pregnancy. The Trust admitted negligence and agreed an out of court settlement beginning with £705,000 of interim payments with a final figure to be set when Calum reached 10. 'I miss him every day. Rise of the 'super-commuter': Number of Britons travelling three hours each day for work soars by 50 per cent in five years.
Almost 2million Britons spend three hours or more on their daily commuteAccountants spend longest travelling to work and leisure workers shortest Experts say housing costs drive people to live further away from work Mark Bull from Randstad said workers are 'trading miles for square feet' By Ray Massey, Transport Editor Published: 00:40 GMT, 16 May 2013 | Updated: 00:40 GMT, 16 May 2013 The number of ‘super-commuter’ Britons who take 90 minutes to get to work has soared by 50 per cent in the last five years, according to a new report. The study shows the average UK worker spends 41 minutes commuting every day. But the number spending a total of three hours or more travelling has risen to 1.84million - or nine per cent of the workforce.
According to the results, accountants have the longest average daily commute – 75.6 minutes – followed by IT workers at 65.6 minutes. The number of Britons spending at least three hours a day on their work commute has risen by 50 per cent. Credit spies making millions out of watching your every move. By Ruth Lythe for the Daily Mail Published: 00:08 GMT, 15 May 2013 | Updated: 15:14 GMT, 26 May 2013 Peter and Judith Lewis have never had any money troubles.
They’ve paid off their mortgage, promptly meet any bills, and never run up debts. So, when they decided to switch to a better current account deal last month, they expected the move to be plain sailing. But the couple were left humiliated when Nationwide called and said they had been turned down: their custom was not welcome. Mr Lewis, 70, a retired flight engineer, says: ‘We had never been turned down for anything before. They pleaded with Nationwide to find out what had gone wrong. When it arrived, it showed they had failed to repay £336 on a Nationwide credit card in 2008. Mr Lewis say: ‘The record was simply not right. ‘Had we needed a mortgage, we couldn’t have got one. Credit reports, and the agencies that compile these records, have taken over our lives. Firms pay the agencies to see this data. Were the Victorians cleverer than us? Research indicates a decline in brainpower and reflex speed.
Study claims we have 14 IQ points LESS than our 19th Century ancestorsFindings contradict the Flynn effect, which claims IQ has risen three points every decade since the Second World War By Nick Mcdermott for MailOnline Published: 18:44 GMT, 13 May 2013 | Updated: 08:13 GMT, 14 May 2013 Superbrain: The Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionised understanding of life It was an era of glorious scientific discovery.
And the reason for the Victorians unprecedented success is simple – they were ‘substantially cleverer’ than us. Researchers compared reaction times - a reliable indicator of general intelligence – since the late 1800s to the present day and found our fleetness of mind is diminishing. They claim our slowing reflexes suggest we are less smart than our ancestors, with a loss of 1.23 IQ points per decade or 14 IQ points since Victorian times. Prince Harry's US tour: Michelle Obama beats hundreds of adoring women to get closest to Britain's most eligible bachelor. Female staffers at Capitol Hill ushered back to their desks by police after gathering for a peek at the British prince Sen. John McCain: 'In all my years, I've been coming here, I've never seen such an unbalanced gender gap'Michelle Obama welcomed Harry to charity event for military wives and their childrenFinished day at a reception held by British ambassador where he met with wealthy donors and influential policymakersDiana highlighted work of Halo Trust when she was pictured wearing face mask and protective clothing at a minefield By Rebecca English and Lydia Warren Published: 20:17 GMT, 9 May 2013 | Updated: 10:49 GMT, 10 May 2013 Prince Harry said his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, would be 'proud' of his work supporting an anti-landmine charity she championed.
The seven-day visit is the Prince's first trip to America since he caused outrage by being photographed naked during a weekend break in Las Vegas last year. Scroll down for video Scroll down for more video Like what you see? London really is a millionaires' playground as figures show more 'ultra-high net worth' individuals live in capital than any other city on Earth. London boasts 4,224 residents worth more than $30million or £19.2mBut Chinese cities are fast catching with a growing number of millionairesThe UK capital is lagging behind New York when it comes to billionaires By Steve Nolan Published: 11:39 GMT, 9 May 2013 | Updated: 15:37 GMT, 9 May 2013 While global financial meltdown and double-dip recessions have left many of us counting the pennies, it seems that the streets of London are still paved with gold for some.
The UK capital is home to more multimillionaires than any other city in the world according to new figures. London boasts a staggering 4,224 'ultra-high net worth' residents - people with a net worth of more than $30million, or £19.2million. Global map of individual wealth: Where the highest numbers of billionaires and multi-millionaires live Millionaires playground: London boasts the highest number of individuals worth more than $30million in the world Wealthy: London is now home to a staggering 4,224 multi-millionaires. Britain's hen night Babylon: How riotous hen and stag parties are tarnishing Blackpool's family image.
Ritain's hen night Babylon: How riotous stag parties have turned once family-friendly Blackpool into a Mecca for binge drinking Photographer Dougie Wallace has captured the town's hen and stag partiesHis images show degeneration of traditional family holiday destination By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:24 GMT, 6 May 2013 | Updated: 14:26 GMT, 8 May 2013 Welcome to marriage, 21st-century style. These pictures, taken in Blackpool, document the way stag and hen nights — once a few cheeky drinks with friends — have degenerated into something rather less innocent. They also show how a once family-friendly resort has plunged downmarket. The pictures are from a collection entitled Stags, Hens & Bunnies, A Style Guide To Blackpool by photographer Dougie Wallace. Scroll down for video Out on the town: Photographer Dougie Wallace has been documenting stag and hen parties in Blackpool for two years Hailing a cab: The behaviour of some of the soon-to-be-marrieds is not always family friendly.
Helen Mirren storms out of theatre dressed as The Queen to tell dancing troupe to be quiet. Dame Helen's lines in The Audience drowned in noise from drumming troupeDressed as the Queen, she went outside and told them to keep quietHelen Mirren's role in the play recently won her an Olivier award By Alasdair Glennie and Emily Allen Published: 22:11 GMT, 5 May 2013 | Updated: 00:00 GMT, 27 May 2013 Waving her arms and yelling, this is the moment Dame Helen Mirren – dressed as the Queen – gave a band of drummers its marching orders.
The actress admitted that she must have looked like a ‘batty old woman’ as she stormed out of the theatre where she was performing and told the noisy drumming troupe to shut up. Video footage clearly shows the Oscar-winner’s furious gesticulations as she attempted to quieten the deafening throng outside London’s Gielgud Theatre. Scroll down for video Making a point: Helen Mirren is pictured today in a customised t-shirt relaying her message to a drumming troupe who disturbed her performance at London's Gielgud theatre - until she told them to keep quiet. Why the joke's on the husband who dumped Sarah Millican - the £2.5million new queen of comedy. Comedian was dumped by former husband Andrew aged 29Heartbreak inspired her to start honing her stand-up skillsAndrew's sister Michelle believes he will be 'torn apart' by her success'I think it is quite good because after what he did he deserves it,' she says By Richard Price Published: 20:59 GMT, 3 May 2013 | Updated: 15:13 GMT, 4 May 2013 Who's laughing now?
Sarah Millican has become one of the best-paid comedians on the planet To her fans she is the archetypal working-class heroine. Geordie accent? Check. Times are changing for stand-up comedian Sarah Millican and as she wakes up this morning in her gated mansion in Cheshire’s stockbroker belt, she will not be worrying about the mortgage repayments. With five bedrooms, a library, conservatory and enough garage space for four cars, there is no shortage of space either.
Her luxurious home, nestled in the leafy fringes of Mere in Cheshire, cost her £1.3million when she bought it in 2012. Scroll down for video ‘Her dad’s the same. Loose Women. Workshy map of Britain revealed: Thousands of incapacity benefit claimants found to be capable of working. Birmingham has most claimants capable of work - 5,180In Glasgow, 3,950 of 15,720 who received incapacity benefit were deemed fitRevealed after government introduced tough new test for those 'on the sick' By Amanda Williams Published: 10:35 GMT, 4 May 2013 | Updated: 11:52 GMT, 4 May 2013 This map of Britain reveals the 'workshy' spots around the country where people claiming incapacity benefit claimants are actually fit enough to work.
The Government introduced tough new health tests for those who claimed to be too unwell to get back into employment two years ago. Since then some 203,000, 30 per cent, out of 700,000 receiving the old Incapacity Benefit were declared fit to find work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said Birmingham had the biggest number of claimants capable of work. Of 14,640 claimants, 5,180 were fit. In Glasgow, 3,950 of the 15,720 who received incapacity benefit were found to be well enough to work. How women REALLY see their bodies: We asked four women to pick their shape from a chart of body types used by psychologists with fascinating results...
Silhouette test is used to assess how unhappy a woman is with her shapeWomen pick the size they think they are and the size they'd like to beDifference between the two numbers is their body dissatisfaction score With computer trickery, we've shown what they see compared with reality By Tanith Carey Published: 22:35 GMT, 1 May 2013 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 1 May 2013 Different body types Many of us, no matter how beautiful we are, have nagging doubts about our figures.
But how deep do these insecurities lie, and how much do they affect our day-to-day lives? To find out, we asked four women to take a psychologist-approved test. They were asked to identify the size they think they are from a range of body shapes, ranked from one to nine (with one being very underweight and nine very overweight). Next, they were asked to pick the size they’d like to be. ‘Basically, the bigger the gap between the shape a woman thinks she is and the shape she’d like to be, the more upset she is about her body. Why the middle class aren't breeding any more: It's a profound social shift no one talks about - but it could transform the face of Britain. Educated women deferring motherhood for so long they're no longer fertileBearing children 'has largely become the province of the lower classes' TV historian Dr Lucy Worsley is poster girl for intentionally childless women By Frances Hardy Published: 21:50 GMT, 1 May 2013 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 May 2013 Helen McNallen longs to have a child but, at 45, she knows her chances are slim.
She also realises that, had she not spent her most fertile years in a lucrative City job — earning a six-figure salary but eventually burning herself out — she might now be a mother. Instead she gained a degree, then traded the freedom of her 20s and early 30s for the wealth and status that comes from being a high-achieving woman in the predominantly male world of a global investment bank. 'Too many choices': Helen regrets choosing a high-earning career over motherhood That way, she believes, she might have put motherhood first and now have the children she so covets. Statistics support Helen’s assertion. One million people who are fit-to-work have been on benefits for three years. 4 out of 10 work-related benefits claimed by long-term unemployed Iain Duncan Smith releases report which includes the damning figuresMinisters under fire for capping benefits at £26,000 a year per household Study found a third of all children are not living with both birth parents By Tim Shipman, Deputy Political Editor and Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor Published: 23:11 GMT, 23 April 2013 | Updated: 17:23 GMT, 14 June 2013 Nearly 900,000 people who are either fit for work or capable of preparing for it have been claiming out-of-work benefits for three out of the last four years, according to figures released today.
A further 117,000 are still under assessment. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says that more than four out of ten work-related benefits are claimed by the long-term unemployed. His new report, released today, will fuel controversy about welfare spending at a time when the Tories are imposing restrictions on what people can claim in state handouts. Gary Goldsmith: That cocaine sting in the Villa Bang Bang. Sympathy from Camilla. And the truth about his £17m fortune - Kate and Pippa's 'black sheep' uncle reveals all...
Exclusive interview: 'People think that I'm this bad boy. I'm not really''I said sorry to Camilla for bad press. She said "Don't worry, I get the same"'I'm incredibly proud that my family is going to be part of history,' he adds By Claudia Joseph Published: 21:30 GMT, 20 April 2013 | Updated: 09:36 GMT, 22 April 2013 Predictions of Gary Goldsmith's downfall have proved to be wide of the mark In the popular imagination, Gary Goldsmith is the bête noire of the Middleton clan – tattooed, shaven-headed, an embarrassment to his sister Carole with his louche antics. When undercover reporters filmed the Duchess of Cambridge’s uncle apparently cutting up lines of cocaine at the colourfully named La Maison de Bang Bang – his eight-acre hideaway on the party island of Ibiza – it seemed that the string of lurid headlines that followed would see him banished by his image-conscious family.
But predictions of Goldsmith’s downfall have proved to be wide of the mark. ‘I couldn’t believe she knew who I was. Margaret Thatcher: The mother Maggie pitied - and the sister she left behind... and the puritanical father who wouldn't pay for an inside loo and banned her from playing snakes and ladders on Sunday. Margaret Thatcher: Crawling out of the woodwork, the old Lefties spewing bile about Lady Thatcher. The old lefties are back – and so are all the old insults | Media. Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead: 'We'll only play 5 seconds' say bungling BBC over Margaret Thatcher protest song.
Remember when the Right celebrated death of politician? Is this the most absurd Daily Mail headline EVER? Margaret Thatcher death party teacher Romany Blythe is unrepentant as it's revealed she had NHS breast implants. Margaret Thatcher dead: Public anger at BBC bias. Mark Thatcher visits his mother's Belgravia house after return from Barbados. We're having a party when Thatcher dies. Download Maggie Thatcher's Death anthem, the lady's not for burning, maggie thatcher music,margaret thatcher music, song,songs mp3. No state funeral for Maggie Thatcher. Yes, Margaret Thatcher is dead. Margaret Thatcher dead: George Galloway leads chorus of 'celebration' from the left.
Iain Duncan Smith was right! You CAN live on just £53 a week says cash-strapped teacher Kath Kelly who survived a year on £1 a day. How Daily Mail dragged Mick Philpott into welfare debate| Philpott case News. Don't get mad about the Mail's use of the Philpotts to tarnish the poor – get even | Zoe Williams. Marina Chapman story: Kidnapped, dumped in the jungle and raised by monkeys. No tans or tattoos please, this is vintage drama: Producers of BBC show The Village unable to cast Derbyshire villagers because they didn't look like ordinary Britons. Sharon Minkin refuses to get a job because she is better off on benefits. Gove's school curriculum savaged by academics who claim 'mountains of data' will doom pupils to failure.
Press regulation: a victory for the rich, the celebrated and the powerful | Simon Jenkins. Press regulation: newspapers may form breakaway bodies | Media. Press regulation at risk as newspaper groups refuse to endorse deal | Media. David Cameron's 'Winston Churchill moment': PM boasts he has 'defeated foes of Press tyranny' after striking historic deal for tough new watchdog. Leveson, the royal charter and entrenchment | Public law for everyone. ¿Get me back to Belgravia¿: Mother-of-six demands she is rehoused in exclusive suburb after a cap on housing benefit forced her out of £2MILLION home.
Kate Middleton's in the pink! Duchess of Cambridge wears coat to match complexion at Cheltenham races. Alition is torn apart: David Cameron talks of hung Parliament as Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg form alliance in bid to shackle free press. Alcohol price hike to 'unfairly impact' middle class women who drink responsibly. David Cameron REBUKES new Pope over Argentina's claim to islands. Registration. Cameron, the editors' press freedom hero, versus 'draconian' Miliband | Media. Question Time: How Labour Party planted a diehard supporter in the audience to attack UKIP panellist. Motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss, 83, in homophobia row. Cheltenham Festival 2013: Pippa Middleton hits races in yellow coat, fur hat and shades.
Zara Phillips left furious after an altercation with a security guard on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. Revealed: The parts of the country still most reliant on state-funded jobs despite cuts in public spending. Third of households haven't switched broadband in four years. Migration Statistics Quarterly Report, February 2013. Romanians and Bulgarians snap up 175,000 jobs in the UK already... and that's before the borders have even opened. Romanian gypsies living in condemned ghetto which mayor built wall around.
Head teacher and five staff suspended for locking a knife wielding nine-year-old pupil in a cupboard after HIS parents complain to police. Duchess of Cambridge's sister Pippa Middleton lands recipe column in Waitrose magazine. It's a man's world: Number of women in positions of power plummets as female representation goes into reverse. Racist woman who attacked a policeman, a nurse and a patient is spared jail following A&E outburst. Mother of 11 having £400k taxpayer-funded house built 'bought flying lessons for partner as Christmas gift' Three British Muslims found guilty of plotting 'another 7/7' terrorist attack with team of 8 suicide bombers. Apprentice star Katie Hopkins admits: 'I won't let my children play with friends that I deem beneath them'
Hilary Mantel v the Duchess of Cambridge: a story of lazy journalism and raging hypocrisy | Hadley Freeman. Hilary Mantel · Royal Bodies · LRB 21 February 2013. Kate speech, hate speech and Hilary Mantel's dissection of Royal Bodies | UK news. Kate Middleton is a plastic princess designed to breed: Author Hilary Mantel attacks Duchess of Cambridge. Up to six staff including chef and waiters required to remove drunk man from The Ivy restaurant for 'uncouth behaviour' Stressed MPs to get mental health clinic after growing number report suffering depression and anxiety. Can you stomach this? Human rights group launches ad campaign featuring last meals of death row inmates executed for crimes they did not commit. Jeremy Paxman branded 'rude' on Twitter for savaging shy student on University Challenge over wrong answer. Pictures of Duchess of Cambridge on holiday in a bikini are published by Chi magazine.
Rant of woman against Suffolk students from Spain and Nigeria at Ipswich Hospital. Some three-year-old children spend so much time in front of TV and strapped into buggies. This Morning 'benefits couple' receive a job offer within hours of claiming they are entitled to live off the state ... and shock their critics by ACCEPTING the £15k role. Blighted home that says Detroit is going bankrupt: Families flee leaving whole streets empty and broken because governor has not made enough cuts.
Patients' families told to 'help nurses feed and wash them' in hospitals by controversial report into pressures on NHS. Family to be charged £650 a year by council for keeping seven-year-old daughter's bedroom as a shrine after she died of cancer. Staggering £72m staked on 'crack cocaine' gambling machines in Rochdale last year. CHttpHandler.ashx (application/pdf Object) The mother who told the truth about immigration on the BBC: Rachel Bull explains why she HAD to speak up on Question Time. Update: Boston under discussion on Question Time - Local - Boston Standard.
Our town's like a foreign country: Locals can't cope with all the immigrants, says mother after TV clash with academic. Horsemeat in supermarket burgers: Larry Goodman, the multi-millionaire behind contaminated food supplier. The crazy climate change obsession that's made the Met Office a menace. James Delingpole - Official Website. Government 'doesn't want to upset Germans during First World War centenary events'