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Dennis the Menace gets a name change as Beano rebrands to embrace diversity“Dennis the Menace”, the cartoon about a naughty schoolboy, has been rebranded and will feature a menace no more. The character will now be referred to as plain Dennis in the weekly Beano and its annual. The removal of the word menace and the rebrand comes as a new CBBC series, Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed, which will embrace difference and diversity, is set to start.Some young fans have questioned whether Dennis has been tamed but Beano bosses have denied the change is a concession to political correctness.
Stubborn cat and wrong haircut among 999 calls to policeA man seeking a supermarket's opening hours and a woman concerned about her mother's haircut were among recent 999 calls to a police force.West Yorkshire Police receives more than 1.5m calls a year, with people asked to think twice about calling the number following a rise in inappropriate, hoax or accidental calls.
Hospitals accused of 'tax on sickness' as they rake in record £174m in car parking charges
Police investigating 'unexplained' deaths after spate of murder probes over ChristmasPolice launch murder investigations into several Christmas Day and Boxing Day deaths
Police investigating unexplained death of woman after body found at Worcester homeSpate of suspicious deaths over Christmas period includes potential self-immolation, stabbings and murder-suicide
Finsbury Park murder: Woman's body found in outbuilding after suspected attack on Christmas EveMember of the public finds victim's body near sports facilities
Greece becoming a year-round destination, InSETE data suggestsTourist arrivals in Greece continued their upward trend in November, showing that Greece is becoming a year-round destination, according to a monthly report by the Greek Tourism Confederation Institute (InSETE) released on Thursday.
Iuliana Tudos: Finsbury Park murder victim identified as police appeal for Christmas Eve killerMs Tudos, who is of Russian and Greek origin, was last seen by friends at around 8pm on December 24.
Concerns grow for welfare of missing Norfolk womanSearches continue for Sophie Smith, 21, who went missing from her home in freezing temperatures on Boxing DayPolice are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 21-year-old woman who went missing in freezing temperatures from a seaside town in Norfolk on Boxing Day.Norfolk police said she went missing from her home in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, at 3am. Officers said they believe she was wearing a dark vest top and light shorts.
The lost generation: How teenagers are most likely to go missingMore than 570 missing persons incidents are logged by police forces every day in the UK on average, with many more going unreported.Whether the cases last for a few hours or for far longer periods of time, one million people in the UK are estimated to be affected by a disappearance each year.From the young men who go missing after a night out, to lost sufferers of dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, there are many and varied reasons as to why people go missing.Girls aged 15-17 are the most likely gender and age segment to go missing with the missing people rate among this group standing at 38.3 per thousand in 2014-15. There were a total of 37,823 of this cases. The next highest number of cases is among boys of the same age, with a rate of 27.7 per thousand and a total number of cases of 28,804.Despite the fact that girls are more likely to go missing than boys, men are more likely to missing than women.
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