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| We can get the vitamins and minerals out body needs by eating a balanced, varied and coloourful diet. There is one vitamin, however, that we can make ourselves, simply by carefully exposing our skin to sunlight. Vitamin D is made in the skin after interaction with UVB rays. It plays a vital role in building up bone density, as well as aiding the immune system and protecting the body against cancer and the development of diabetes. A Recent study at Harvard Medical School also added to the evidence that low vitamin D status is linked to an increased risk of heart disease | |
| Health | The War Cry 10th May 2008 |
| Women are more likely than men to get angry while driving, according to a survey of motorists. Women car insurance specialist Diamond questioned 1,8000 people and found that 21 per cent of women often felt angry with other motorists when behind the wheel compared with just 18 per cent of men. The same percentage of women and men - 51 per cent - admit to shouting at other drivers, although 2 per cent of men admit to having physically attacked another driver, compared with the 1 per cent of women. | |
| Odd Facts | The War Cry 10th May 2008 |
| The cost of looking after ourselves is on the increase. As well as rising fuel prices, the price of wheat has more than doubled in the past 12 months and rice has gone up by 70 per cent. Infact a glance in the weekly shopping trolley shows that many items are now more expensive than they were last May. | |
| Money | The War Cry 3rd May 2008 |
| Millions regard work as necessary to live - indeed it is. However, it seems 90 per cent of people say they are dissatisfied with the work they do, meaning just 10 per cent are satisfied. Into that mix we might assume there may be idleness, time-wasting or overwork. | |
| Work/Employment | The Commissioner May 2008 |
| Debt is forcing families to miss meals, on to medication and causing marriages to end, a national charity has found. Christins Against Poverty (CAP), the specialist debt counselling charity, said the strain put on families by personal debt is pushing many to crisis point. In research among its client ...CAP found that almost a quarter (23 per cent) said that debt caused their break down. In a worrying development, 67 per cent also confessed that they had missed meals to make debt repayments. | |
| Money | The Baptist Time May 2008 |
| 366,000 more people are listening to the radio each week compared with a year ago, total hours for UK listening were down very slightly due to a small slip in the amount of time individuals spent listening. The AM & FM platform saw a share of radio listening rise to nearly 73% while DAB now takes jsut under 11%. With the platform live for much of the last ten years, advocates must feel a little disappointed that despite nearly seven million recievers sold in the UK, not one digital only radio station is even close to reaching one per cent share of listening | |
| Media | The Weekly Radio Magazine 25th May 2008 |
| More than 1,000 laptops have been lost or stolen from Government departments in recent years, new figures revealed. At least 200, 16 a month, went missing last year alone, including dozens each from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Ministry Of Defence and The Department of Work and Pensions. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 5th March 2008 |
| ITV has signed up the duchess of York as a fat-fighting guru. A two-part TV show this summer will see her move to a council estate in Hull and try to improve the diet of an unhealthy family living on benefits. ITV1’s audience share fell 2.1 per cent in 2007. | |
| Media | The Sentinel – 6th March 2008 |
| American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett has taken the title of the world’s richest man away from his friend Bill Gates after 13 years, business magazine Forbes said. Mr Buffett’s wealth hit 62 billion dollars (£31.2bn) as the price of Berkshire Hathaway stock surged and he topped the list of dollar billionaires. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 6th March 2008 |
| MP’s have criticised HM Revenue And Customs for giving senior staff big bonuses increases in the last tax year. The bonuses went up by an average of 60% during a year when complaints about tax credits rose, and VAT processing targets were missed. The Treasury Select Committee said the payments were “completely unjustified”. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 7th March 2008 |
| A restaurant that features marmite on its menu has been awarded one of the highest honours in the culinary world. The British run L’Hotel in Paris has been given a Michelin star for its restaurant, Le’ Restaurant at L’Hotel, making it the only British-run restaurant in Paris to hold the prestigious award. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 7th March 2008 |
| Pay rises are edging up, with most recent deals worth at least 4%, according to a new report. Settlements in the first 3 months of the year matched the 3.5% average in 2007, but higher awards are being made this month. A study of 30 deals this month shows that two out of three were worth 4% or more. | |
| Money | The Sentinel, April 11th 2008 |
| Hospitals should learn to say sorry more often when things go wrong, the health watchdog said today. The Healthcare Commission report revealed a rise in the number of concerns about complaint handling and communication. It said, ‘We would like to see more organisations and healthcare providers prepared to apologise when errors have been made’. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, 7th April 2008 |
| Sainsbury’s announced plans today to halve the number of disposable plastic bags used by customers over the next year. The supermarket chain said it would reward customers who reused bags with store points. It also pledged that its disposable bags would be made of 50% recycled content by June this year, up from the current 33%. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel, April 17th 2008. |
| Doctors voiced their opposition to the ‘headlong rush’ to create super-surgeries today. The British Medical Association (BM A) said the so-called polyclinics would result in the ‘commercialisation of patient care’ as private firms vie for contracts to run the centres. Polyclinics are super-surgeries that house family doctors and other services such as diagnostic testing, minor surgery, physiotherapy, pharmacy or dentistry. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel, 17th April 2008. |
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