What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?
Nicolas Sarkozy says ‘Britain has no industry any more’. How balanced is our economy compared with those of other rich nations?
% contributions to Gross Value Added, 2010
Manufacturing
Services
11
France
80
21
Germany
71
17
Italy
73
18
Japan
73
12
UK
77
13
US
79
Source: US Census Bureau
Course correction
The number of university applications has fallen by 7.4 per cent, year on year, after the increase in tuition fees. Most affected subjects
Non-European languages -22%
Technologies -18%
Sciences with social sciences/arts -18%
Least affected subjects
Subjects allied to medicine +2.1%
Physical sciences -0.6%
Engineering -1.3%
Veterinary science -2.4%
Maths and computer science -2.8%
Blood on the tracks
Network Rail pleaded guilty to safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at a level crossing in Essex in 2005, three days after another girl was killed on the same stretch of line. How did people come to grief on the railways in 2010/11?
Suicide 208
Trespass 27
Slipping/running into train at station 7
Killed at level crossing 4
Rail workers killed on line 1
Assault 1
Train accidents 0
Source: Office of the Rail Regulator
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