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The Law Commission has recently examined fiduciary relations and securities regulation. The purpose of this paper is a re‐examination of some of the questions posed in the Consultation Paper (No. 124) published in April 1992, in the light of recent case law, pending the imminent publication of the Commission's final report on the matter.

Purpose – The goal of this chapter is to assess the state of evidence examining and explaining trends and patterns in homicide clearances.

Design/methodology/approach – After reviewing the varying bodies of literature on homicide investigations and clearances, the author assesses the degree of support for the prevailing explanations of why some homicides are more likely to be solved than others. The author also use national data to evaluate several reasons for declining clearances.

Findings – Changes in the nature of homicide and deteriorating police–community relations are likely major contributors to declining clearance rates. The most consistent findings regarding patterns are the greater likelihood of clearance in homicides involving young children, contact weapons, residential locations, and killings not occurring in the course of another crime. Explanations relying on notions of victim devaluing generate the least support. There is considerable support for the legal factors approach and community-level explanations show promise. The findings regarding the role of forensic evidence are mixed. Smaller scale studies are beginning to help identify best practices for homicide investigations.

Originality/value – This chapter assesses several explanations for declining clearance rates and brings together divergent streams of research to summarize the current state of knowledge on homicide clearances, best practices in homicide investigations, and gaps to be filled by further studies.

Discusses the 6th ITCRR, its breadth of textile and clothing research activity, plus the encouragement given to workers in this field and its related areas. States that, within the newer research areas under the microscope of the community involved, technical textiles focuses on new, ‘smart’ garments and the initiatives in this field in both the UK and the international community at large. Covers this subject at length.

The publisher of Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: Case Studies and Reflections wishes to retract the chapter by Nair, H.B. (2024), “Equipping the Next Generation: A Pre-service Teacher Education Programme in Integrating AI Literacy Across the Curriculum”, O'Dea, X. and Ng, D.T.K. (Ed.) Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: Case Studies and Reflections, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 31–39. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-852-320241004. It has come to our attention that generative AI was used in the creation of the literature review in breach of Emerald's policy on artificial intelligence and authorship, and that a significant number of the papers referenced do not exist. The author would like to note that they agree with the retraction. The publisher sincerely apologizes to the readers.

This chapter emphasises the need to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) literacy into pre-service teacher education, given AI’s pervasive influence in society. It defines AI literacy as the ability to understand, critically evaluate, and responsibly use AI technologies, highlighting its importance for educators in personalising learning, automating tasks, and fostering critical thinking and innovation.

The chapter presents a course designed to integrate AI across various disciplines, utilising the TPACK framework and social learning theory (SLT). The course promotes collaborative learning and discipline-specific AI integration, aiming to equip future educators with skills to develop AI-enhanced lesson plans, evaluate AI tools, and address ethical considerations and potential biases. It discusses the long-term benefits of AI-ready educators, such as personalising education and shaping students’ understanding of AI, while also addressing challenges like pacing and technology access. The chapter underscores the importance of preparing educators to effectively navigate and leverage AI in their classrooms, fostering a responsible and innovative future generation.

There can be no doubt that our science of nutrition is now sufficiently advanced to warrant confident advice upon the food that should be included in human diet; so what is really necessary at the present day is to tell the public of this food, and to see that it is made available to the approximately one‐third of the population who are insufficiently fed. So let there be an end to lectures and articles for the general public giving information upon the very abstruse science of nutrition, in terms from which very few of those who stand in need of advice can profit. Let us waste no more time in offering such stony fare, by keeping in mind the fact that the section of the community that mostly needs our advice upon feeding is a section which is the most difficult to inform upon the scientific justification of that advice. It is the kind of food which satisfies the requirements of nutrition that has to be impressed.

The review of food consumption elsewhere in this issue shows the broad pattern of food supplies in this country; what and how much we eat. Dietary habits are different to what they were before the last War, but there have been few real changes since the end of that War. Because of supplies and prices, shifts within commodity groups have occurred, e.g. carcase meat, bread, milk, but overall, the range of foods commonly eaten has remained stable. The rise of “convenience foods” in the twenty‐five year since the War is seen as a change in household needs and the increasing employment of women in industry and commerce, rather than a change in foods eaten or in consumer preference. Supplies available for consumption have remained fairly steady throughout the period, but if the main food sources, energy and nutrient content of the diet have not changed, changes in detail have begun to appear and the broad pattern of food is not quite so markedly stable as of yore.

THE GENTLEMAN who tipped me off about the Ridgmount Street Arrest, on which I commented in August (p151), tells me he cannot find out further how the matter progresses or when it may come to trial. Not being on the staff there, he is not, of course, in close touch; I mention this because the LA frequently reveals an indiscreet interest in my private gossip‐lines to the profession, which do—they may learn with surprise—stretch to both of the principal genders, and include many not on the association's payroll.

Despite evidence showing the benefits of early diagnosis of breast cancer many Australian women delay seeking advice when they find a change in their breast. This paper describes the process evaluation of a national programme to encourage women to see their general practitioner within three months of finding a breast change. The programme used a partnership approach involving different sectors of the community to deliver an inexpensive national programme with sustainable community components. The programme included strategies to promote messages through the news media, television commercials, community meetings across Australia and general practitioner based strategies. This paper reports on a process evaluation of the implementation of the programme; outcome measures will be available at a later stage.

IN 1957, when the Engine Overhaul Facility of British Airways was set up at London Airport, its brief was relatively straight‐forward, namely to overhaul and repair Dart turbo‐prop engines and, later on, Garrett Airborne Auxiliary Power Units (APU's) up to performance certification stage.