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This is where I discuss the way we live in the UK and the many ways in which that is constantly changing
22 hours ago
A British soldier has been killed…
How often has this sad phrase drifted into our consciousness from a news report, reminding us of the risks being taken in our name by young men and women posted to some dusty foreign province?
22 hours ago
The ordinary & the extreme. My blog on #woolwich http://t.co/lAI6r31CZY
19:43 UK time, Wednesday, 22 May 2013
If #Woolwich is a planned terrorist attack, it looks like a desperate act from a busted franchise.
21:21 UK time, Monday, 20 May 2013
Coll of Policing agreed guidance on arrestees: 'nothing to prevent naming...but anonymity should normally be respected'.
14:23 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
English council houses sold under right-to-buy Jan-Mar 2013? 2,499 English council houses built Jan-Mar 2013? 120 (Source: DCLG)
12:02 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Marked increase in Welshness revealed by #census2011. 65% of under 18s described as Welsh only. Among adults it's 56%.
11:53 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
While 74% of people over 80 living in England describe themselves as English, among people aged 30-34 it is 48%. #census2011
10:27 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Brand Britain getting more popular. 13% of +80-yr-olds in Eng/Wales describe as British only. For 30-60 & 0-10 it is +20%.
10:00 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Young unpaid carers in Eng/Wales (under 24) 4.5x more likely to have poor health than those who are not carers. #ONS
09:53 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
70% of people over 80 in Eng/Wales describe themselves as English. Among 30 somethings it's less than half. #ONS
09:44 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Health of unpaid carers 'deteriorates incrementally with increasing levels of unpaid care' reports #ONS
09:36 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Nearly half of all Muslims in Eng/Wales were born here, says #ONS
09:35 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Half of non-UK-born residents in Eng/Wales have lived here for 10 years or more.
09:31 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Almost half of UK residents who were born abroad hold a UK passport, says #ONS
09:25 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Odd Home Sec's people so keen to downplay her belief in the right to anonymity at arrest. Letter is here: http://t.co/zYso3IJdr2
09:05 UK time, Thursday, 16 May 2013
Home Office texts me: 'Home Sec's point is less about anonymity at arrest but naming at charge, where some forces get it wrong'.
21:06 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
People who have been arrested should not normally be named until they are charged, Home Secretary Theresa May has said in a letter to police.
Her call comes amid concerns different approaches are being taken by forces in England and Wales.
20:59 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Home Sec tells police suspects should normally be granted anonymity when arrested. Details here: http://t.co/zYso3IJdr2
17:21 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Here's Home Sec letter to police: she wants suspects named at charge but not arrest unless special circs. http://t.co/kawz19iOSH
16:27 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Save in exceptional circumstances, the names of people arrested "should not be released by police" says new draft ACPO guidance.
Mark joined his local paper after leaving school, inspired to become a journalist by playing Waddington's Scoop aged 13.
He has won numerous awards for his reporting. Most recently, his writing won a Royal Statistical Society award for excellence and was a finalist in the online journalism awards in San Francisco.
His ambition is to try to chronicle the story of changing Britain, and for Arsenal to win some silverware.
Before becoming BBC News home editor in 2004, Mark was home and social affairs editor at Channel Four News and political editor at Five News.
He is married with four children.
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