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| Pensioners suffer more from soaring inflation than their working counterparts, research said today. A study by the institute for Fiscal Studies found the average pensioner experienced a 7.4 per cent rise in the cost of living during 2008, while non pensioner’s outgoings increased by 5.4 per cent. Older poorer pensioners were found to be even more affected by rising costs. Pensioners over the age of 80, and who live in the poorest third of the UK’s households, experienced a nine per cent rise in their living costs – nearly double the average British consumer- while men living alone saw their expenditure leap by eight per cent. | |
| The Elderly | The Sentinel - 9th October 2008 |
| The major supermarkets have dramatically increased promotions of cheap, unhealthy food during the credit crunch, according to a consumer watchdog. The National Consumer Council said fatty and sugary foods now made up more than half (54 per cent) of instore supermarket promotions, nearly double the number reported in 2006. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – September 1st |
| A group of leading universities today warned that without increased investment, the UK could face losing its standing as a world leader for higher education. It comes as World University Ranking revealed Cambridge and Oxford have slipped down the table to third and fourth place. The Russell Group said there was increasing global competition from other nations. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - 9th October 2008 |
| Mick Jagger’s lips have made the Victoria and Albert Museum’s permanent collection. The Rolling Stones’ famous tongue and lips logo has been snapped up by the London institution for just under £51,000 at auction in the U.S. The design was created by student John Pasche in 1970 and was partly inspired by the shape of the Rolling Stones’ frontman’s mouth. | |
| Entertainment | The Sentinel – September 2nd |
| A beloved pier destroyed by fire will “live on forever” in a popular board game. The pavilion on the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare was gutted when a blaze broke out in July. Makers of the property game Monopoly will unveil their latest board – Monopoly: Somerset – which has a space dedicated to the 104 year old pier. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel - 14th October 2008 |
| Britons are not eating as healthily as they would like as the soaring coat of living cuts into household budgets, according to a survey. Consumers say they are cutting back on healthy good to cope with the credit crunch, the poll for insurer PruHealth found. Sixty per cent of people said they could not afford the expense of “being healthy”. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – September 2nd |
| The humble spud may have had its day after it was revealed young people do not know how to cook potatoes. Traditionally a cheap and nutritious kitchen standby, the potato has been left out in the cold by the younger generation who favour convenience foods. The Potato Council found that 40 percent of those aged under 30 didn’t know how to cook dishes such as roast or jacket potatoes. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel - 14th October 2008 |
| The number of students taking Religious Studies A-level has showed the biggest percentage rise in candidates of any subject this summer with an increase of 5.9 per cent since 2007.Some 81 per cent of more than 20,100 students are celebrating an A-C grade (against 82 per cent in 2007). | |
| Education | The Church of England Newspaper – August 22nd |
| Estate agents are selling less than one property a week as prices continue to tumble. The Royal Institution Of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said its members had sold an average of just 11.5 homes during the three months to the end of September, the lowest level since its survey began in 1978. The situation is even more severe in London where estate agents have made an average of just eights sales. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - 14th October 2008 |
| The BBC was accused of being “frivolous” with licence fee-payers’ money today after it revealed that more than £310 million was spent on flights last year. More than £3 million of this was spent on business or first class flights, according to figures released to the Liberal Democrats under the Freedom of Information Act. Lib Dem transport spokesman Norman Baker said that at a time when the BBC should be doing all it could to give good value to free-payers, the figures were “staggering”. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – September 3rd |
| Over-fishing, pollution and a failure to protect marine wildlife is leading to ecological disaster for the UK’s seas. A report from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) warns that, without action, rising numbers of species will become extinct and ecosystems will fail. The MCS is renewing calls for a Marine Bill to create highly protected areas in the seas. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel - 13th October 2008 |
| Gangs of rival birds behave “like football fans”, chanting battle-songs and commiserating with each other after losing a contest scientists revealed today. Researchers examining the behaviour of the South African Green Woodhoopoe found the birds “engaged in raucous vocal displays akin to opposing football supporters chanting at one another”. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel – September 3rd |
| More than one in three workers are worried about their jobs because of the economic downturn, with many experiencing increased levels of stress. A survey of 1,000 adults by Bupa showed that more than a quarter were putting in longer hours because of concerns over job security. One in three of those worried about their job were losing sleep. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 16th October 2008 |
| Thousands of people with a devastating eye disease could have their sight saved by a drug being made available on the NHS under new guidelines published today. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended the drug Lucentis after performing a U-turn on draft guidance published last year. This follows a move by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to fund the drug. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - August 27th |
| The Goverment today responded to an expected rise in unemployment figures by making an extra £100 million available to retrain workers that lose their jobs in the economic downturn. Figures from the Office for National Statistics are expected to show a increase in unemployment , which jumped by 81,000 to 1,72 million in the quarter to July. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 15th October 2008 |
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