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Hello and welcome to More or Less,

the programme which wields the stiff ruler of statistical correction

with a satisfying thwack.

This week we'll look at bizarre claims

that a third of businesses are planning to leave the country after Brexit,

not so much project fear as project wrong.

Apparently we throw our clothes away after an average of five weeks.

I think we can refute that one just by thinking about it for a moment,

but we have got more on the story.

And a topic dear to the hearts and the halves of many listeners.

Our wood burning stoves responsible for 38% of all air pollution.

But first...

Suicidal generation, tragic toll of teens doubles in eight years.

This was a headline in the Sunday Times a few days ago.

It reported that new figures reveal that the suicide rate among young people,

aged 15 to 19, has climbed,

while that of all older age groups is falling.

Suicides, it said,

are running at more than five in a hundred thousand among teenagers in England.

In 2010, the rate was just over three in a hundred thousand.

The numbers were going up, the newspaper reported,

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