UK 'becoming a more peaceful place'

24 April 2013 Last updated at 13:29 GMT

UK 'becoming a more peaceful place'

Rates of murder and violent crime have fallen more rapidly in the UK in the past decade than anywhere else in Western Europe, an international study says. What's your experience? 778

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• Welcome to UK's most peaceful place

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Sachin Tendulkar's big 40th birthday 'party'

The BBC's Rahul Tandon reports from the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, where Tendulkar will play a Twenty20 birthday game in front of more than 60,000 people. 29

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Human extinction warning from Oxford

What are the greatest global threats to the future of humanity? An international team from Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute is investigating the biggest dangers. 432