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| Apart from church members themselves, many non-church goers value the presence of church buildings as visible evidence of a church presence in their communities. | |
| Church | Life & Work – June 2006 |
| Lord Joffe’s bill to facilitate the death of the terminally ill has been blocked in the House of Lords. His bill had proposed that patients with less than six months to live could be prescribed lethal medication provided they signed a legal declaration that they wanted to die. | |
| Health | Evangelical Times – June 2006 |
| More than half of the world’s 6,912 languages still lack even one book of the Bible, while translations of the whole Bible only exist in 422 languages. Bible ownership in the UK has dropped by a quarter in the last 50 years. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Idea – May/June 2006 |
| Patients will be able to have free operations at hospitals across the country under new NHS plans. The Government expects about 150,000 patients a year to take advantage of the option, although patients would be expected to cover their own travel costs unless on benefits. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 31st May 2006 |
| New research from Halifax Home Insurance, reveals that Britons have caused £296 million of damage to their homes and gardens as result of barbecue accidents. The average cost of damage to the home and garden caused by a barbecue accident is £148, however almost a quarter of a million (229,000) Britons have caused between £500 - £2500 of damage. Shockingly millions of Britons are using lethal accelerants to light barbeques. | |
| Odd Facts | Halifax - June 2006 |
| Figures released by the Department of Work and Pensions show that not only has the Government failed to meet its child poverty target for 2004/05, but also that the number of children in poor two-parent families has not fallen. There are still 2 million children living in two parent families who are in poverty. Figures also reveal that a two parent family had to earn four times as much as a comparable lone – parent family to escape poverty. | |
| Family | Idea – May/June 2006 |
| Tanzania is a very poor country, with around 88% unemployment. | |
| World Issues | Salvationist – 27th May 2006 |
| According to research by Scottish Widows:- Women spend 5 times as long as men (5 days) choosing an outfit for a special occasion. Women do more research when buying a car taking 3 days to decide on the purchase. Women take longer when planning for job interviews and business meetings. When it comes to planning their finances however men spend more time reviewing them than women. | |
| Odd Facts | Scottish Widows - June 2006 |
| Pensioners are doing more to protect the UK’s environment than any other age group a survey has found. 92% of those aged over 65 regularly recycle, four out of five opt for showers over baths and 70% turn off taps while washing. They also like to use green technology, with 79% choosing energy saving light bulbs – compared to 66% of the general population. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel – 5th June 2006 |
| The West Midlands has the fourth highest level of obesity among men in the UK. Currently 23% of men are obese and a further 43% are overweight. | |
| Health | Choosing Health for the West Midlands www.go-wm.gov.uk - June 2006 |
| 12.3 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. An additional 2.4 million people are the victims of modern day slavery – human trafficking. This is the fastest growing form of international crime in the world, generating £3.7 billion annually. | |
| Crime | The Baptist Times – 8th June 2006 |
| There are around 270,000 heart attacks in the UK each year. Heart and circulatory disease kills one British adult every three minutes. | |
| Health | Heart Week - June 2006 |
| According to Christian Relief and development charity Tearfund, European Union proposals for reforming world trade rules will harm poor countries, leading to job losses and environmental destruction. | |
| World Issues | The Baptist Times – 8th June 2006 |
| According to research by MORE THAN:- One in five people (21 per cent) has driven shortly after taking illegal drugs. Four out of ten drug drivers think their driving is not affected by drugs, or that their behaviour is safe. The research shows that although nine in ten of people surveyed do not think that drug driving is safe, 38 per cent of those who did admit to drug driving think that their driving skills are not affected by drugs or that their behaviour is safe. In comparison, 94 per cent of those surveyed said that they would not drive if they thought they were over the legal blood alcohol limit. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | MORE THAN - June 2006 |
| The number of tourists visiting Rosslyn Chapel, also known as St Matthew’s Collegiate Church has jumped from 7,200 to 117,000 per year since the novel, The Da Vinci Code’s publication in 2003. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper – 2nd June 2006 |
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