Retail sales in Sweden rose 0.4% during November, but decreased 0.1% from the same period in 2007.

The number of people travelling to the Isle of Man by sea decreased further last month.

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There is a sharp decrease in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, according to the latest report by UN.

There is a growing gap in cancer death rates between rich and poor areas, Wales' chief medical officer warns.

Arctic sea ice thickness "plummeted" last winter, thinning by as much as 49cm in some regions, data shows.

Boeing's continuing battle with its plane assembly workers leads to a sharp decrease in profit.

The gap between rich and poor has decreased since 2000, an international survey says.

The number of registered sex offenders (RSOs) in the Thames Valley area decreases slightly in the past year, a report reveals.

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The number of crimes in a Leicestershire town centre drops by 40%, figures show.

Women who have a positive outlook may decrease their chances of developing breast cancer, say Israeli researchers.

There has been a huge decrease in the number cars left abandoned on streets, a report from the local government association says.

Anti-doping work is ahead of drug cheats, but legal issues lag behind, argues Rasmus Damsgaard

Crime recorded by the police falls by 7% in Surrey, according to the latest report from the Home Office.

Widely used anti-malaria drugs may have an unwanted side-effect - decreasing the power of many antibiotics.

Police give a cautious welcome to a sharp fall in the number of road deaths in Dumfries and Galloway.

Drug seizures in Scotland last year fell by almost a fifth compared to the previous 12 months.

News of further decreases in house prices are met with a mixed response.

British swimmer David Davies says entering two events at the Beijing Olympics decreases the pressure on him.