Another Murder Suicide

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Another Murder Suicide

Tributes were paid yesterday to a six-year-old boy whose father is believed to have set the family home on fire, killing him, before hanging himself.

Christopher Townsend, 51, a set designer on the BBC television series Casualty, was said to have been tormented by a custody battle after the break-up of his marriage.
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Draconian DV Laws Reduce Reporting

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Draconian DV Laws Reduce Reporting

Thousands of women are at risk of assault because new laws to curb domestic violence have backfired, deterring victims from seeking help.

Yes indeed. But the whole point behind the draconian domestic violence laws is to increase the reporting of domestic violence (mostly false reporting as it happens) not to reduce domestic violence, and also to make men more likely to resort to domestic violence - because the more that the law is set against men, the more will men resort to violence.

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Cannabis Not Linked To Schizophrenia

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Cannabis Not Linked To Schizophrenia

There is little reason to believe that cannabis or skunk is contributing to an epidemic of schiozophrenia. There is no such epidemic.

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