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| The mayor of Assisi – the town of St Francis, patron saint of the poor – has issued a decree prohibiting poor peple from begging near the basilica of the saint or near other churches or holy places in the town. Begging is now illegal within 500 metres of any church. | |
| The Law | The Universe May 4th 2008 |
| The Italian government’s Ministry of Health reported that the 127,038 abortions performed in Italian hospitals and clinics in 2007 represented a three per cent drop compared to 2006 and an almost 46 per cent decline from 1982 | |
| Family | The Universe May 4th 2008 |
| Young football fans are hoping their Stoke City chant will help catapult the team into the top flight. Students from St Thomas More Catholic College will have their song "Come On City" played before kick-off on Saturday at the all-important Leicester City game. More than 80 schools were invited by The Potteries Shopping Centre to write a football anthem for the final match of the season. | |
| Entertainment | The Sentinel April 30th 2008 |
| A bid to source half of all milk packaging from recycled materials by 2020 is one of a series of goals unveiled today to make the dairy industry greener. The Milk Roadmap, launched by the industry and the Environment Department (Defra), also outlines plans to cut green – house gas emissions from dairy farms by 20 – 30 per cent by 2020. Defra said the roadmap aimed to address the environmental consequences of producing liquid milk through the supply chain from farms to retailers. Milk and meat production account for around seven per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel May 2nd 2008 |
| Breakfast show rivals Chris Moyles and Terry Wogan have notched up record listening figures. Wogan, 69, has 8.1 million listeners, up 37,000 from the previous quarter, but in danger of losing his crown as the nations favourite breakfast DJ to Moyles, 34, on Radio 1, who has 7.72 millions listeners. | |
| Media | The Sentinel May 1st 2008 |
| It was with conviction that King George V stated a view that few of today’s leaders would dare to endorse, “The foundations of national glory are set in the homes of the people and only remain unshaken while family life is strong and pure”. The broken homes of the very nation he addressed no longer contribute significantly to his nation’s glory. | |
| Family | Precious Seed May 2008 |
| England is set to become the most crowded country in Europe as its population grows by over a third in the next 50 years, according to projections. There are currently some 50 million people in England, but by 2056 this could hit 68 million – 1,349 for every square mile. The population density now is around 1,010. In London, this figure could rise from 12,377 to 13,910 over the next two decades. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel May 6th 2008 |
| The chances of intelligent alien life on other planets is put at about 0.01 per cent. Research by Andrew Watson, of the University of East Anglia, on probabilities from the past four billion years has concluded in Astrobiology that there is probably no one else out there. | |
| Space | The Times April 2008 |
| People with “religious beliefs” are likely to be happier than atheists or agnostics. A study found churchgoers cope better with issues such as stress, and linked churchgoing and prayer with satisfaction in life. The research was presented at the Royal Economic Society’s annual conference. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Joy May 2008 |
| A Christian bank has handed out £87,000 of it’s profits to charities and churches – and has long term plans to give away £1million. Kingdon Bank revealed the generous gifts after reporting operating profits of £222,000 last year. | |
| Money | Joy May 2008 |
| Plans to lower the age of consent in Northern Ireland are opposed by 73% of the population, a new poll shows. The survery was conducted by polling company ComRes on behalf of The Christian Insitute. The Northern Ireland Office is proposing to lower the age of conset from 17 to 16 in the province. Last month, assembly members approved a committee report which recommended keeping the law unchanged.The rate of STIs among under-16s is 2.5 times higher in England and Wales, where the age of consent is 16, compared to Northern Ireland. | |
| Sex | Evangelical Times May 2008 |
| More women including an alarming number of teenage girls, are having repeated abortions, the Government has admitted. Among under-18s nearly 1400 abortions were performed on girls who had already had one or two abortions. 18,619 pregnancies were terminated in total among under-18s in 2006. Of the 200,00 abortions that took place in 2006, 32% were performed on women who had already had at least one other pregnancy terminated, raising fears that some women use abortion as a form of contreception. | |
| Young People | Evangelical Times May 2008 |
| The majority of voters believe that “green taxes” are designed mainly to fill the Government’s coffers, rather than to encourage environmentally friendly behaviour, according to a poll released today. | |
| Politics | Evening Sentinel - March 11th 2008 |
| The sight of a different kind of “hoodie” is becoming increasingly common in the UK’s city centres – the peregrine falcon, the RSPB said today. Changing landscapes and increasing numbers of the black-hooded bird of prey has meant peregrines, once associated with cliffs and wild crags, are becoming a regular sight in city streets. | |
| Environment | Evening Sentinel - March 31st 2008 |
| Being out of mobile phone contact is as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner for nearly one in five phone users, a survey showed today Anxiety over running out of battery or credit, losing one’s handset and not having network coverage affects 53 per cent of mobile phone users, according to the study by YouGov. | |
| Odd Facts | Evening Sentinel - March 31st 2008 |
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