Local authorities in the UK count the cost of gum crime
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The Mayan tribes of South America would chew chicle, a natural form of rubber. Ancient Greeks used the resin of a mastic shrub, and early American settlers gnawed on a mixture of spruce sap and beeswax.
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A council pays Â£2,000 to a woman it gave an Anti Social Behaviour Order that was based on false allegations.
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Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite efforts to stamp it out. London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest police force, hopes a campaign beginning on Wednesday will highlight that the practice is a crime here.
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Britain has charged less than one in five of the more than 1,000 people arrested under anti-terrorism legislation since the September 11, 2001 attacks with terrorism-related offences, the government said Monday.
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A fresh row over the government's crime statistics broke out last night after two criminologists said the authoritative British Crime Survey excludes 3 million offences a year.
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Households could be charged per bag of rubbish as part of the government's plans to boost recycling.
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Â· Only non-dangerous offenders will be freed  Â· Brown announces Â£240m for 1,500 extra places
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Crime in England and Wales remains stable, figures show, but police report rises in drug offences and robbery.
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Mental health problems cost British businesses Â£1,000 a year per employee on average, research shows.
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The number of people in the UK dying from alcohol-related problems is continuing to rise, latest figures show.
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UK businesses lost more than Â£40bn last year, about Â£100m a day, as a result of economic crime, a report finds.
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Mobile phones that emit a piercing   scream that will give all but the deafest thieves pause for   thought was launched in Britain on Monday in a bid to tackle   crime which costs millions of pounds each year.
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Police chiefs and lawmakers are concerned that ultralow pricing is fueling a rise in drink-related crime and rowdy behavior.
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Tooth decay in British children has fallen to the lowest recorded levels in 20 years, according to official figures. Despite the popularity of sweets and sugary drinks the Office
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Experts are to encourage local authorities to toughen up their approach to tackling anti-social behaviour.  Is this the right way to tackle yob culture?
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The British government spent 1.75 billion pounds (3.20 billion dollars, 2.52 billion euros) last year to hire outside consultants, some of who were paid roughly 10 times that of a civil servant doing same job, a report said.
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Violent crime has fallen for the first time in eight years, but drug-linked offences and robberies are on the rise, according to Home Office figures released Thursday.