- BBC cherry-picks crime increases. The latest official UK crime figures show total crime to have fallen 2%, no change to violent crime or burglary, a 6% fall in vehicle theft, an 8% fall in firearm offences and no change in "anti-social behaviour" levels.
But BBC Online's headline reads: "Robbery continues on upward trend". The 5% increase in robbery (mainly teenagers stealing mobiles and MP3 players from each other) is buried away on page four of the official crime report - the above falls are mentioned on the front page. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb1606.pdf http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6059520.stm
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Mike B)
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