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Lucy Letby, Damn Lies and Statistics

Lucy Letby may not be guilty after all. The case began with and relied on a dodgy statistical association between

Whereas 2023 was most notable for a record hot September in the Central England Temperature (CET) record and a unique

The September 2023 heatwave in England was, for the time of year, unprecedented in duration (7 successive days when 30C

In another notable year, June was the hottest month of Meteorological Summer 2023, the first time that has occurred since

We could be seeing an unusual event in the UK this year. June could be the warmest month of the

Shortly after I hit “publish” yesterday, the Met Office did the same. Their analysis of the UK temperatures this June

Once again the Met Office jumped the gun and declared, with several days still to go, that the UK will

It seems that records are now broken in any spell of hot weather. This year one particularly notable daily UK

Productivity is a function not only of the qualities of individual workers but also of how they are organised. Subsidising

I first started analysing the Central England Temperature (CET) record on Uncharted Territory back in 2010, because it seemed to