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| Figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest that boys born in the well-off district of South Cambridgeshire can expect to live to 83 – nearly nine years longer than their compatriots in disadvantaged Blackpool. Girls in the prosperous Chiltern district can expect to live to 86 - six years longer than those in Manchester. | |
| Social Issues | Third Way - July 2015 |
| A record number of donations of more than £1m were made to UK charities last year, according to a report published today by merchant bank Coutts. | |
| Money | Civil Society News - 16th November 2015 |
| Research published by the TUC today shows that nearly a third of people have been bullied at work. | |
| Work/Employment | Ekklesia Daily Bulletin - 16th November 2015 |
| Pakistan has hanged 299 people since resuming executions in December last year, and could pass the 300 mark any day, according to research by international human rights organisation Reprieve and Justice Project Pakistan. | |
| World Issues | Ekklesia Daily Bulletin - 10th November 2015 |
| The United Kingdom is the most generous country in Europe and the sixth most generous country in the world, according to new research by Charities Aid Foundation. | |
| World Issues | Civil Society News - 10th November 2015 |
| A quarter of workers in Britain never get a promotion during their careers, and one in ten only did so after waiting for a decade or longer. According to the research from Monster.co.uk, 23 per cent of workers failed to be promoted at any point in their career. | |
| Work/Employment | Acas Monthly Newsletter - 10th November 2015 |
| UK Couples say financial problems and a lack of work-life balance are the top things that threaten their marriage; 36% choose extra-marital affairs as a possible problem, just ahead of ‘not understanding each other’. *Almost 60% of men and over 45% of women will cheat at some point in their marriages, according to Taylor and Francis’ US research on cybersex. Only 47% of people in France say that an extramarital affair is morally unacceptable, whereas 94% of people in Turkey and the Palestinian territories consider infidelity unacceptable.** *Source: Office for National Statistics **Source: Pew Research | |
| Family | Christianity - November 2015 |
| Westlife singer Shane Filan has explained how his faith in God helped him when he was declared bankrupt in 2012. The Catholic popstar said he couldn’t have got through the difficult time if it hadn’t been for God. | |
| What famous people say | Christianity - November 2015 |
| 57% of people in England identify as Christians (but only 9% are practising). 41% of practising Christians attribute their faith to growing up in a Christian home. 40% of people do not realise Jesus was a real person who actually lived. 25% of 18-to-34-year-olds thinks Jesus was a mythical or fictional character. 43% of people believe in the resurrection. 66% of practising Christians have talked about Jesus to a non-Christian in the past month. 72% of practising Christians feel comfortable talking to non-Christians about Jesus. 44% of practising Christians credit their friends for introducing them to Jesus. ‘Spiritual’, ‘loving’ and ‘peaceful’ are the words most commonly used to describe Jesus. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity - November 2015 |
| The Northern Ireland Assembly has rejected same-sex 'marriage' for the fifth time in under four years. But for the first time, the motion was backed by a small majority of MLAs (53-51). The proposal failed to attract cross-community support, however, and was finally blocked, as the DUP had presented a 'petition of concern'. | |
| Family | Christian Concern - 7th November 2015 |
| A German church has removed its crosses, altar and pulpit to accommodate refugees. The Protestant church in Oberhausen claimed removing the symbols would help make the group of 50 Muslims “more welcome”. | |
| Church | Christian Concern - 7th November 2015 |
| Non-Muslim inmates are being forced to convert to Islam or pay a protection ‘tax’ to Muslim prisoners, according to a government report. The report suggests Muslim prisoners are "bullying" non-Muslim inmates into paying a protection ‘tax’, known as 'jizya', in four of the UK’s largest prisons. | |
| Crime | Christian Concern - 7th November 2015 |
| The government has said it has "no plans" to ban counselling for unwanted same-sex attraction. The therapy, lumped together with other 'treatments' and pejoratively labelled 'conversion' or 'cure' therapy, was attacked during a parliamentary debate this week. But a government minister said that a ban would be "complex", as it would stop people voluntarily seeking the therapy. | |
| Social Issues | Christian Concern - 7th November 2015 |
| A motion calling for the redefinition of marriage has failed to pass in the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| The Law | The Christian Institute - 6th November 2015 |
| The Christian owner of a multi-million pound toyshop chain has said he will not open stores on a Sunday because his faith impacts his business. | |
| Shopping | The Christian Institute - 6th November 2015 |
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