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| New research by experience website www.intotheblue.co.uk has found that 54% of 16-year-olds only want to be famous when they are older, rather than opting for a more traditional career. Just 9% said they wanted to work in the legal profession; 13% sought a job in the media and 15% said they would like a career in medicine. Of the 54% who wanted to be a celebrity in the future, only 19% felt they had enough talent to make them worthy of fame. The stars that most respondents aspired to be like were: 1. Kate Moss 2. Wayne Rooney 3. Lady Gaga 4. Nicola T 5. Richard Branson | |
| Young People | Inspire, June 2010 |
| The Pontifical Council for Culture and the international biopharmaceutical company NeoStern Inc have announced a joint initiative to expand research and raise awareness of adult stem cell therapies. A joint statement released late last month by the Vatican says: “As part of the collaboration, NeoStern and the pontifical council will make efforts to develop educational programmes, publications and academic courses with an interdisciplinary approach for theological and philosophical faculties, including those of bioethics, around the world. One of the initiatives will be a three-day international conference at the Vatican on adult stem cell research, including VSEL technology (which uses very small embryonic-like stem cells).” | |
| Science | Catholic South West, June 2010 |
| Pro-life MPs have protested to the new Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport over Channel 4’s decision to screen an advertising campaign for abortion. The advert, by Marie Stopes International, was described by Channel 4 as being for “a pregnancy advice service”. The broadcaster denied that it was an abortion ad, despite a press release on the Marie Stopes International website which said it had aired “the first ever TV commercial for abortion services” in Britain. | |
| Media | The Universe, Sunday May 30, 2010 |
| Two thirds of children aged between 12 and 15 say that violent video games affect their behaviour. This staggering discovery was made by Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, when it interviewed 2,000 parents and children. In the survey, reported in The Daily Telegraph, the children said they believed playing violent computer games such as Grand Theft Auto led to aggressive behaviour. | |
| Young People | The War Cry, 29 May 2010 |
| The visit of Pope Benedict to the United Kingdom in September is remarkably historic. It is the first ever state visit by a Pope; the first ever beatification to take place in this country; Cardinal Newman is the first English ‘confessor of the faith’ to be beatified in more than 600 years. | |
| Church | The Universe, Sunday May 23, 2010 |
| Changes unveiled in the Queen’s speech to Parliament promise to give ordinary voters unprecedented powers to shape local and national government. By the end of the current parliament, in 2015, the government intends to introduce bills which will: • Abolish biometric ID cards and restrict the use of CCTV and DNA records; • Establish fixed-term, five-year Parliaments; • Hold a referendum on electoral reform; • Create directly-elected representatives for each police force; • Cut numbers for MPs and redraw constituency boundaries; • Give voters new powers to recall unsuitable MPs; • Allow patients more say in the running of their NHS trusts and their own treatment options; • Devolve central government planning powers to local councils and communities; • Enable communities to take over state-run services and set up schools; • Force public bodies to publish their spending details; • Give residents powers to veto council tax rises and force councils to hold referendums on local issues. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 26th May 2010 |
| A woman who has campaigned tirelessly against drink-related violence since her husband was kicked to death by a gang of teenagers, including one from Crewe, is to be made a conservative peer. Helen Newlove, from Warrington, whose husband Garry was killed in 2007, has called for better training for pub workers and a more responsible drinking culture in the UK. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 25th May 2010 |
| Benefit claimants who refuse to work will face sanctions under radical changes to the welfare system. And all those receiving incapacity benefit will now be reassessed in a bid to get more jobless residents back into the workplace. As he unveiled the plans for reform, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said he had inherited a “broken system”. He told how almost five million people were on benefits and 1.4 million under-25’s were neither working nor in full-time education. The Government also wants to make other changes including creating a single programme aimed at getting people back into work. And older people will be allowed on to a welfare-to-work programme immediately rather than having to wait a year, as is currently the case. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel – 28th May 2010 |
| A risk-sharing scheme to supply multiple sclerosis medicines to patients has been a “costly failure”, experts said.The NHS could have saved £250 million if the scheme had been properly assessed after two years, while the money could have been better spent on other treatments, they said. The programmes was set up between the Government and drug firms after the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence deemed a set of MS medicines too expensive and questioned their effectiveness. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 4th June 2010 |
| Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) patches may be safer than tablets, researchers said today. Patches containing a low dose of the hormones oestrogen or progesterone, or both, carry less risk of stroke than if HRT is taken in tablet form, they said. However, the risk increases significantly with high-dose patches – with women up to 90 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke than if they are not on HRT. Meanwhile, women on HRT tablets have a 28 per cent higher risk of stroke than none-users. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 4th June 2010 |
| The union representing university lecturers has warned fast-track degrees are in danger of becoming “academic sweatshops” which devalue students’ education. Staffordshire University is one of just a handful of institutions to pilot the degrees. It has hundreds of students enrolled on the courses, which are taken over two years instead of the traditional three. | |
| Education | The Sentinel – 1st June 2010 |
| An international network of women’s religious orders has launched a worldwide awareness aimed at preventing human trafficking during the June 11-July 11 World Cup in South Africa. The campaign – 2010 Should Be About the Game – has been targeting fans, religious leaders, potential victims of trafficking and the general public, warning them about the risks and urging them to spread the word. Using the 2010 World Cup to exploit vulnerable women, children and men for slave labour, the sex industry or the drug trade is “an outright perversion of the spirit and ethical dimension of sport as well as of the idea and dignity of the human person,” said Salesian Sister Bernadette Sangma. | |
| World Issues | The Universe, Sunday May 16, 2010 |
| “We see in a really terrifying way today that the greatest persecution of the Church does not come from enemies outside the Church, it is born of the sin of the Church,” Pope Benedict told journalists on the flight from Rome to Portugal on Tuesday. | |
| Church | The Universe, Sunday May 16, 2010 |
| Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers believe they have discovered the remains of Noah’s Ark, reported the Daily Express. Video footage from the team shows a wooden structure embedded in ice and volcanic debris at the top of a Turkish mountain. The group also claim that carbon testing had linked samples from the structure to the time of the biblical story. | |
| Environment | The War Cry, 15 May 2010 |
| Sir Richard Branson and author JK Rowling yesterday topped a poll of celebrities British mothers would choose as the best role model for their children. The Virgin boss scooped 15 per cent of the vote while Harry Potter creator Rowling secured 11 per cent when mothers were asked which person they would like their offspring to grow up to be like. Also on the list were chef Jamie Oliver and U.S. President Barack Obama. Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and singer Cheryl Cole shared fifth spot. | |
| Media | The Sentinel, Friday May 14, 2010 |
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