Lead researcher Dr Mark Bellis said figures suggested that 75% of 14-year-olds had tried alcohol.

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Despite experiencing the frustrations of doing business in India, such as transport and bureaucracy, Mr Bellis sees opportunities.

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Dr Bellis said criminalising a parent for allowing a child to drink was probably not going to help any family.

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Three men took just minutes to steal hundreds of Pandora charms and bracelets in a break-in at Bellis in Winchester High Street late on Sunday.

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Mark Bellis, who led the research in Liverpool, says people just don't tell the truth in surveys, partly because they genuinely don't remember but also because they are selective.

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Mr Bellis believes in a patient, long-term approach in India.

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With Marks and Spencer and Next set to close their stores in Rhyl, John Bellis, who chairs the Rhyl Business Group, says these new proposals are key to revitalising the town.

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Last year's bronze medallist Johnny Bellis, came in 77th.

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Preliminary work a few years ago, by Robin Baker and Mark Bellis of Manchester University in England, suggests that as many as 10% of children may not have been fathered by the man who believes he is the father.

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