The Dutch are rethinking their famously liberal polices on legalised brothels, prostitution and soft drugs, such as magic mushrooms and cannabis, amid fears of growing crime and social decline.
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December 16th, 2008
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December 16th, 2008
The growth of single-parent families has led to a quarter of children growing up in the poorest fifth of homes, an official report said yesterday.
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December 16th, 2008
Unborn babies should be regarded as equal 'members of the human family', the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.
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December 15th, 2008
A woman has spoken of how she was told to remove her Christmas lights by a housing association worker - in case they offended her non-Christian neighbours.
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December 15th, 2008
Thousands of the women are thought to have come to Britain specifically for the procedure, which is illegal in Poland.
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December 15th, 2008
A Church of England cathedral, in Hertfordshire, is to hold an extra six carol services to cope with demand this year.
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December 15th, 2008
A prison?s new chapel will not contain a crucifix to avoid offending Muslim inmates, it emerged today.
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December 15th, 2008
X Factor judge Simon Cowell is more famous than God or the Queen, according to a survey of youngsters released today on National Kids' Day.
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December 15th, 2008
The Dutch are going through an identity crisis. There is a growing view that liberty to choose has become a licence to do as you please, a free-for-all in which the baleful consequences include a rise in drug-related crime and the trafficking of prostitutes from eastern Europe.
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December 14th, 2008
A ban on divorce is what most children would introduce if they ruled the world, according to a poll.