Headlines February 21

Anti-racism centre takes Feryn to court The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Against Racism is taking Feryn to court for workplace discrimination after the company refused to hire people of color as service engineers. Feryn manufactures garage doors and said that its clients are not comfortable with "foreigners" in their homes.

A dream for trivia lovers Calling all fellow policy wonks... My attention has been drawn to an addictive website, www.urbanaudit.org, crammed with obscure and gripping data about 258 cities across the European Union, and equipped with a search engine that allows you to construct league tables and rankings, with a couple of mouse clicks.
Want to know Europe's rainiest city? It's Cork. The car addict's capital of Europe? That would be Wrexham, in North Wales, where 93 per cent of commuters make their journeys to work by car.

Binge drinking trend hits European youth Binge drinking - drinking for the sake of getting drunk - is reaching alarming levels among European teenagers, a major new study has revealed.