Domestic violence, mainly against women and children, kills far more people than wars and is an often overlooked scourge that costs the world economy more than $8trn (€6.2trn) a year, experts said.

IN his letter (April 21), Dr Colmán Etchingham correctly points out that Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientists are not independent insofar as they rely on funding for research.

IN his letter (March 31), Dr Phillip Michael thinks my letter (March 25) on climate change did “a disservice to mankind and planet earth”.