Average petrol prices have exceeded £1.70 per litre for the first time, new figures show. The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Tuesday was 170.4p, according to data firm Experian Catalist.
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Stalking offences in some parts of Greater Manchester were among the highest across the country last year, figures suggest. Two boroughs were among the worst 10 areas for stalking across England in 2021.
Nearly 900 stalking offences were logged by police in the Oldham community safety partnership area, according to the latest data from the Home Office, with a further 837 recorded in Tameside. That's the equivalent to 3.7 cases for every 1,000 of the local population in both areas.
Both boroughs have the joint-sixth highest rate of recorded incidents of stalking among hundreds of areas across England and Wales. In Greater Manchester, they were followed by Rochdale, where 3.6 offences were recorded per 1,000 residents - the joint-tenth highest rate.
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A total of 7,984 stalking offences were recorded by Greater Manchester Police during 2021. However, the Home Office said some offences recorded in the area had been incorrectly allocated to two Community Safety Partnership (CSP) areas.
Separate figures show that of 7,606 stalking cases closed by the force last year, only 485 (six per cent) resulted in a suspect being charged. And a further 4,744 (62 per cent) of stalking cases were closed after the alleged victim did not support further action.
Some of the small percentage of stalking cases that have made it to Greater Manchester's courts in the last year included a film director who conducted a "vile" stalking campaign against a woman he met at a university in Manchester.
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