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Progress in reducing death registration delays, but more is needed
Further and better particulars about the number and length of the delays in certifying deaths in England and Wales have come from parliamentary questions asked by Patrick Mercer MP.
Home Office keeps the lid on DNA-retention analysis
The Home Office is refusing to publish a report it commissioned on the retention policy of the DNA database.
Shameful delays in registering the 7/7 deaths
In the London bombings of July 7 2005, 52 people died.
Demography denied: a ruling against science
The decision by the European Court on Human Rights that insurers cannot offer differential premiums to men and women is anti-science.
Beware of lawyers bearing gifts
The Independent on Sunday (last Sunday) and The Times (today) have run identical stories saying that the number of contested wills is rising, blamin