Key Quotes for 2004

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Gwent police force spent only 54% of its time on the frontline according to a Home Office Study. The force which spent the most was Bedfordshire with 70% or 60% without the paperwork.
Environment	The Independent - 23rd September 2004



Mark Rimmer, the director of registrars in the north London borough of Brent, said that as many as 10,000 to 12,000 bogus marriages were believed to take place for immigration purposes in the UK each year. About 8,000 of those happened in London - one in five of all the weddings in the city.
Social Issues	The Independent - 23rd September 2004



Nearly 1 in 10 young people in Britain has never heard of the Ten Commandments according to a recent poll. Even if they had heard of them, nearly half of the people aged 15 to 24 could not name a single one of them, the basis on which the whole Western Civilisation is founded.
Religion/Spirituality	The Times - 3rd September 2004.



The gap between the pay of women and men is wider than previously thought and has not narrowed as quickly as previous figures suggested, new research revealed today. Pay analysts Incomes Data Services, (IDS), said the gap between average hourly earnings of full-time male and female workers is 19.5%.
Money	The Sentinel - October 20 2004



Four years ago, before an acknowledged explosion in gambling in Britain, as many as 400,000 people were said to have a problem with betting, the research - the last extensive study to be conducted - estimated that 0.8 per cent of the adult population was struggling with addiction. Adrian Scarfe, a clinical practice manager for the charity GamCare, has no doubt that a new study would produce more frightening figures. Some have suggested it could reach 700,000 by 2010.
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	The Independent - 20 October 2004



More than 70,000 people have been killed as a result of fighting in Darfur - a region of the Sudan - and the World Health Organisation estimates that an additional 10,000 a month will die from malnutrition or health problems.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 20 October 2004



A review of 14 trials of vitamin pills taken by 170,000 people found they increased the death rate by 6 per cent. One in three women and one in four men in the UK is estimated to take dietry supplements for health reasons.
Health	The Independent - 1st October 2004



Prostate cancer mainly affects men over the age of 65, although more than 1,000 annual cases affect men under 55. In 50% of cases the disease will spread before diagnosis. However one in three may be slow growing and such patients can survive for more than 5 years without treatment.
Health	The Sentinel - 29th August 2004



The lifetime risk of breast cancer in women is one in nine, making it the most common cancer affecting UK women. There are more than 40,000 new cases in the UK each year and 3,700 of those will be in the West Midlands.
Health	The Sentinel - 29th August 2004



In 1983, the average failed marriage lasted for 10.1 years, but by last year this had increased to 11.3 years, according to the latest report published by the Office for National Statistics. The number of divorces in England and Wales rose by 3.9% to reach 153,490 last year, the third successive annual increase and the highest annual number of divorces since 1996, when there were 157,100.
Family	The Times - 1st September 2004



North Korea covers 75,000 square miles, its population is estimated at 22,697,553 with an army estimated to be more than one million strong. Food shortages resulted in very short troops with the world's lowest minimum height at 4ft 11in.
Odd Facts	The Times - 1st September 2004



Men (81%) are more likely than women (76%) to regard Britain as a tolerant country. Asian people are most likely (71%) to say that Britain is a united country. 58% of white people say this, and only 38% of black people. Young white adults are more likely to think that all races are equally trustworthy (85%) compared with 75% of Asians and 77% of blacks. Those still in full time education are more likely to view immigration as good for the economy and society (63%) than those in employment (51%) or unemployed (49%).
Social Issues	The Times - 14th September 2004



The younger you are the less likely it is you trust the police: 38% of 18 to 20 year-olds trust the police alot compared with 49% of 28 to 30 year-olds. 46% of white people trust the police a lot compared with just 28% of black people and 25% of Asians. While 80% of young Britons are proud to be British only 60% believe it is a united country. 34% believe that Britain is a racist country. This rises to 59% among blacks but only 21% of Asians think the same. A third of young people think that Britain is stuck in the past.
Social Issues	The Times - 13th September 2004



31% of all 18 to 30 year-olds have parents who are separated or divorced. 67% say a woman has an absolute right to have an abortion - no matter what the reasons. 48% say that scientific testing on animals is wrong under any circumstances.
Social Issues	The Times - 13th September 2004



Research into child abuse found that babies under 12 months have a 54 in 100,000 chance of being reabused when returned home after initial abuse. Ages 1 to 4 have a 9.2 in 100,000 chance and ages 5 to 13 have a 0.47 chance in 100,000.
Social Issues	The Times - 19th August 2004

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