Lynx on the loose
— A Eurasian lynx escaped from a zoo in Wales, pre-empting plans to introduce six of the animals to Kielder Forest in Northumberland. The animal was once native to Britain, becoming extinct around the year 700, earlier than the wolf (possibly 1290) or the brown bear (around year 1000).
— However, in continental Europe and near-Asia, numbers have been growing since a low of 700 between 1930 and 1950. There are now believed to be 50,000, spread from Uzbekistan in the east to Germany in the west. Of the smaller Iberian lynx, restricted to Spain and Portugal, numbers fell to 100 in 2002 but now stand at about 400.
Collaring white collars
Gordon Brown said more bankers should have been jailed for actions related to the banking crisis. What are the figures for white collar crime?
| Year | Reported offences / Prosecutions |
| 2011 | 142,991 / 11,261 |
| 2013 | 230,845 / 9,700 |
| 2015 | 617,112 / 9,401 |
| 2016 | 641,539 / 8,304 |
Source: Pinsent Masons
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