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| A new league table shows Stoke-On-Trent has the sixth worst record, out of more than 200 local authorities in Britain, for 16-24-year-olds who hold at least one qualification. The league table has been published by the University and College Union (UCU), which represents lecturers. The UCU says the findings mean Stoke-On-Trent is a “qualifications desert.” The union says efforts to encourage more teenagers to stick with their studies are hampered by complex funding systems. | |
| Education | The Sentinel – February 24th 2010 |
| According to GQ, Gordon Brown is the world’s worst-dressed man. Brown beat French President Nicolas Sarkozy, stand-up comic Russell Brand and even military-attired Korean dictator Kim Jong-II to the title. The magazine said he was a ‘anything but a prime example of British style.’ | |
| Media | Youthwork – March 2010 |
| Sci-fi spectacular Avatar gas surpassed Titanic to become the highest grossing movie of all time, figures from distributor 20th Century Fox show. Avatar’s worldwide takings in just six weeks (at time of print) stand at $1.859bn (£1.15bn), versus Titanic’s $1.843bn (£1.14bn). Director James Cameron now holds the remarkable distinction of directing both the world’s top grossing movies. Titanic which starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, set a new box office record during its release in 1997-1998. The science-fiction adventure was reportedly the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of at least $300m (£185m). | |
| Media | Youthwork – March 2010 |
| The bishop in charge of pastoral care for Polish migrants in Britain has appealed for solidarity with the thousands of children left back at home in Poland “without proper care” when their parents go abroad to work. “The children of migrants are often abandoned and left by themselves – they’re a reminder that there are those among us today who are greatly deprived,” said Mgr Wojciech Polak, auxiliary Bishop of Poznan. | |
| World Issues | The Universe – January 31st 2010 |
| UK Households waste 25% of all food they buy. An estimated 20 to 40% of UK fruit and vegetables are rejected even before they reach the shops- mostly because they do not match the supermarkets’ excessively strict cosmetic standards. | |
| Food and Drink | The Plain Truth – Winter 2009/2010 |
| The excessive sedation of dying patients should be avoided because it denies them the opportunity of a “good death”, said a draft document issued by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. The document – A Practical Guide to the Spiritual Care of the Dying Person- said it was wrong to render patients in the last days of their lives either unconscious or semi-conscious if it is not necessary for “effective symptom relief”. “This could deprive people of the opportunity to make a good death, setting things right as much as they can, making peace and saying their goodbyes,” said the 29-page document designed to guide healthcare professionals and hospital chaplains. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe – February 14th 2010-02-25 |
| A catholic grandmother from Birmingham who campaigns on pro-life issues is set to tackle the BBC over its stance on abortion by going to court over an unpaid licence fee. Veronica Connolly, from Shard End, is reported as saying she will not pay £139.50 for her TV licence for 2008/2009 because she believes the BBC has “censored” and election broadcast from the anti-abortion group, the Pro-Life alliance. In 2001, the BBC refused to screen the broadcast because it claimed the footage contained images that were “shocking”. A TV Licensing spokesman commentated that individuals who refuse to pay the fee are liable to prosecution regardless of their views about programmes. | |
| Media | The Universe – February 14th 2010 |
| The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that abortion, euthanasia, terrorism, and racial, religious and ethnic persecution have the potential to create a second Holocaust in Europe, in a statement marking National Holocaust Day. | |
| Social Issues | The Church of England Newspaper – February 12th 2010 |
| Disgusted General Synod members have called on the Government to subject computer games to more stringent regulations. Former Conservative MP, Thomas Benyon, proposed the motion, saying: “There is a bubbling sewer of gratuitously violent and sexual pornography and DVD games all around us.” Mr Benyon criticised society for its double standards: “Why is it totally unacceptable to portray children in pornography and video games but acceptable indeed lawful to portray the killing and burning of woman in Fatality, the chainsawing up of a woman in Mortal Combat, playing football with severed heads; the chainsaw killing of a man in saw III, rape torture and so on? He quoted Nottingham University Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health, Kevin Browne, who said: “The chances of these boys committing such a horrendous crime and sexual assault were definitely increased by watching violent and pornographic games at home.” | |
| Social Issues | The Church of England Newspaper – February 19th 2010 |
| A new study shows that 40 per cent of drivers do not restrain their pets when they are travelling in the car. The research by Autoglass also found that seven out of ten motorists do not realise they can receive a fine or points on their license for having an unrestrained dog in their car. Police officers can penalise motorists for driving without due care and attention if an animal is jumping around in the vehicle. | |
| Social Issues | The War Cry – February 20th 2010 |
| Father Gryfow Slaski has installed a fingerprint reader in his Church in Grzegorz Sowa in Poland to record children’s attendance at Mass. Those who don’t make 200 have to take an exam before confirmation. | |
| Church | Third Way- March 2010 |
| Driver error and faulty signals meant Tube trains went through red lights 54 times in January 2010, it was revealed yesterday. A London Underground spokesman stressed Tube trains stop automatically after going through danger signals and that while some of the incidents involved driver error, others were due to faulty signals. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel – February 16th 2010 |
| Children who read daily when aged three are more than two months ahead of their classmates in literacy and maths by the age of five, research found today. Reading is more important to a child’s academic development than teaching them the alphabet or how to count, the University of London study suggests. Researcher Dr Kirstine Hansen said: “Reading has a positive effect.” | |
| Education | The Sentinel – February 17th 2010 |
| The government needs to find another £13billion in tax rises or spending cuts over the next five years to help restore the UK’s ailing public finances, a leading economic forecaster has warned. Measures already unveiled amount to a tightening of £57 billion, or 4.1 per cent of national income, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said as it called on the treasury to do more. The government needs to find another £13billion in tax rises or spending cuts over the next five years to help restore the UK’s ailing public finances, a leading economic forecaster has warned. Measures already unveiled amount to a tightening of £57 billion, or 4.1 per cent of national income, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said as it called on the treasury to do more. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – February 4th 2010 |
| Police hold the DNA profiles of more than 37,000 innocent people in Staffordshire and Cheshire. Figures released by the Liberal Democrats reveal the national DNA database holds the profiles of 102,502 people in Staffordshire, 21,320 of whom have not been convicted of any crime. The statistics say the DNA records of 78,453 people in Cheshire are stored, and 16,318 of those are innocent. Civil rights campaigners say keeping the profiles of people who have never been convicted is unethical and, in light of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in December 2008, unlawful. Judges in the S and Marper case said the “blanket and indiscriminate retention of DNA profiles and fingerprints of people arrested, but never convicted, amounted to an unlawful breach of their rights. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – February 8th 2010 |
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