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Shetland is in the top five for obesity problems in the UK, with an alarming one in four children having weight problems by the time they start primary school. Data collated from official sources such as the Scottish Health Survey reveals that one third of Shetland adults are obese. The figures come from a sample of... Read Full Story

The number of sex crimes reported to police has passed 100,000 in a year for the first time, while homicides jumped by more than a tenth, official figure

Full-time working fathers out-earn their childless counterparts by more than a fifth, research finds.

Interest in politics among the Scottish population is at its highest level since the advent of the Scottish Parliament.

New findings published this week from ScotCen’s Scottish Social Attitudes survey have highlighted both falling attendance at religious services and a steady increase in the number of Scots saying they do not belong to a religion.

Much has been written about the underperformance of white British children. But there are other very pressing issues to explore too, writes CentreForum's executive director

Health Survey for England.

The leading geographer talks to Karen Shook about how to learn from your audience and help build a better politics too

Recently the Office for National Statistics published its latest estimates of personal wellbeing and a three-year analysis of wellbeing by age . Guest post from ONS Personal Wellbeing measurement team- Links updated  How can this new dataset can help you in your policy making and evaluation? Where do these new estimates of personal wellbeing come from? These…

Arrests for cannabis possession in England and Wales have dropped by 46% since 2010, figures obtained by BBC Breakfast suggest.

More than three hours’ exercise every day is crucial to children’s well-being, a Fylde nursery manager claimed.

MORE than 45 million working days have been lost due to stress, anxiety and depression in the past three years.

Crime figures show 573 homicides took place in 2015, while knife crime and sexual offences including rape also increased

I warned that students were being misled and was rebuked but it was true. Ministers owe them and me an apology

City MP says "isolation" of some Muslims in Birmingham is fault partly of government and local council.

Hospital data shows seven-year fall in serious violent crime in England and Wales has halted

TUC analysis of the ONS Labour Force Survey highlights gap between BME and white workers

A total of 30million working days were lost due to stress, depression or anxiety, according to Labour Force survey

A recent bright spot in the research suggests that it isn't marriage that's the key to happiness, but the quality of the relationship itself.

Specific information about the number of EU migrants paying tax and claiming benefits in the UK will be published in the run-up to June's EU referendum.

Crime rates could take account of the harm caused to victims rather than simply counting offences using a new system , experts have said. Weighting crime