Evidence

Humans: Created or Evolved?

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 29.03.2013 | UK
Muhammad Abdul Bari

Religion and science seem to be at loggerheads again. This time it is evolution that takes centre stage - the creation of our species on Earth - and i...

Building a Case for Evidence-Based Policy Making

Simon Dennis | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Politics
Simon Dennis

Despite years of attempting to make policy more evidence-based, ministers and civil servants still feel that this is a great area of weakness in government today.

Welcome to the World of Man Bites Dog

Julian Dobson | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Politics
Julian Dobson

Just look at the evidence, they cry. Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, fulminating against turbulent priests at the weekend in good Thatcher-era style, spluttered that there are people living in expensive houses claiming unemployment benefits.

'Forensic Blunders' Cast Doubt In Stephen Lawrence Case

PA | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK

A jacket belonging to Stephen Lawrence was stored in the same outer bag as clothing seized from one of the men suspected of his murder, a court has he...

Forensic Man Reluctant To Look For Stephen Lawrence Fibres, Old Bailey Hears

PA | Posted 24.11.2011 | UK

A forensic scientist was "reluctant" to look for fibres on clothes seized from two men suspected of murdering Stephen Lawrence, the Old Bailey has hea...

Forensic Worker 'Wasn't Concentrating' On Stephen Lawrence Case, Jury Hears

PA | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK

A police lab worker wrote the wrong case number on a form relating to one of the men accused of murdering Stephen Lawrence, a court has heard. Fore...

Pathologist Due To Give Evidence At Jo Yeates Murder Trial

PA | Posted 13.12.2011 | UK

The pathologist who recorded 43 injuries on Joanna Yeates's body is to give evidence at her murder trial. Dr Russell Delaney is said to have found ...

"We've been fighting a drugs war for 40 years, that war is lost, and completely unwinnable"

Jason Reed | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK
Jason Reed

"We've been fighting a drugs war for 40 years, that war is lost, and completely unwinnable." These were the eminent words of Mr James Duffy from Law...