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Two months ago the authorities in Broward County, Florida, introduced ShotSpotter and within two weeks had made their first arrest.

A project for harnessing the wisdom and time of older people to help troubled teenagers will be inaugurated next week by Lord Freud, the minister for welfare reform.

Hundreds of schools that convert to academies could receive much less money than the Government claims, an investigation by The Times has found.

The Church of England is telling clergy that they must learn to love their wedding congregations — for better or for worse.

School didn’t work out so well for Joe. He left, under a cloud, before sitting his exams and now works on a market stall to scrape by. The 16 year-old is wondering how to get his life back on track.

The last time that David Miliband cried was when he realised that he and his wife, Louise, could not have children. “It wasn’t a one-off event,” he says. “It was a long process. We didn’t just go to the doctor and find out, it took years. It was very drawn out and difficult but there was a moment when we realised that we had reached the end of the line and we weren’t going to give birth to our children.”

Dominic Grieve, the Attorney-General, has apologised after Parliament was given wrong information about a prisoner who has spent 18 years denying that he murdered his wife and faked her suicide.

David Miliband talks about the agonies of IVF treatment and the joys of adoption today as he speaks candidly for the first time about fatherhood and life beyond politics. The front-runner for the Labour leadership, often criticised for appearing other-worldly, reveals his human side in an interview with The Times.

A rash of new online music services, including offerings from Apple and Google, are on their way this year and could fundamentally change the way we listen to music. They will aim to allow people to listen to millions of songs not only over the internet but also through their mobile phones.

Increasing numbers of privileged students are arriving at university unable to use a washing machine, cook a simple meal or look after themselves, according to head teachers and academics.

Harry Berger is back in the green landscape of Eskdale, where it is the Boot Beer Festival this weekend. The Woolpack Inn, the Boot Inn and Brook House are busy serving customers real ale. As word spreads down the valley that Mr Berger is home, it brings a wave of optimism and visitors in its wake.

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, believes that BP should be left to fend for itself if its distressed state triggers an unwanted takeover approach from a foreign rival.

How you feel about the inexorable rise of Asos, the online store selling popular fashion brands, may depend on how you feel about online shopping, the decline of the high street and the insatiable appetite of the 14-34 market for a pair of Cheryl Cole peep-toe platforms.

It is called Her Majesty’s Government. But even after 58 years on the throne, there are bits of Her Government that Her Majesty has not seen.

The Government is planning an overhaul of the council tax to fund the building of new homes for first-time buyers and families.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, the actress who started life as plain Catherine Jones of the Mumbles, Swansea, before transforming herself into an Oscar-winning Hollywood A-lister, provides the glamour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours today when she is appointed CBE.

David Tiego recalls as a child running across open veld where England footballers and 25,000 fans will begin their World Cup campaign under an unprecedented level of security.

Academics have disputed claims by the Government that pupils will be richer over their lifetime if their school becomes an academy.

Politicians in London and Belfast warned yesterday that the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings of 1972, which was set up to promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland, could result in the exact opposite when it reports on Tuesday.

By all rights, it should be the grudge match to end all World Cup grudge matches.