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| A referendum on changing the way MPs are elected will be held by October 2011 if government plans passed by the commons reach the statute book before the General Election. MPs voted to let the public decide if the traditional first-past-the-post system should be replaced by the Alternative Vote system, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – February 10th 2010 |
| Lord Mandelson’s department spent more than £1 million on entertaining last year. The department for business, innovation and skills, headed by Lord Mandelson, paid out £1,162,044 on entertainment between December 2008 and November 2009, Business minister Pat McFadden said. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – February 11th 2010 |
| Girls who have sex at a young age can double their risk of developing cervical cancer, according to an international study of nearly 20,000 women, it was reported in December. Cervical cancer is linked to a sexually transmitted infection. The infection is more likely to lead to cancer if it is picked up early in life. | |
| Health | Evangelicals Now – February 2010 |
| The Children’s secretary Ed Balls has demanded an urgent inquiry after a loophole was highlighted that allows Sunday school teachers to smack children. Labour MP Ann Cryer has called for the loophole to be closed. Currently teachers who look after children for less than 12.5 hours a week are classed as having the same status as standing in for a parent. | |
| Politics | The Church of England Newspaper – January 22nd 2010 |
| The impact of the recession on workers has been “much deeper” than official unemployment figures showed, with more than 1.3 million people losing their job since the start of the down-turn, according to a new report. And a study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed that two thirds of people made redundant were paid an average of 28 per cent less when they found another job. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel – January 25th 2010 |
| Politicians welcomed proposals to widen the “Sarah’s Law” sex offender alert scheme in England and Wales. Home Secretary Alan Johnson, said the pilot programme, which allows parents to check if some with access to their children has a history of child sex offences, was to be rolled out across the country after successful trials. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – January 25th 2010 |
| A team of researchers put around 100 questions to just under 6,744 children in years 6, 8 and 10. A large majority placed themselves above the mid-point on the happiness measure. But seven per cent were significantly unhappy which equates to 140,000 of the 1.8 million children in these three year groups. Children are least happy with their appearance and confidence (17.5 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively). Following those, children were most unhappy with were their local areas (14 per cent) and school work (12 per cent). | |
| Young People | The Church of England Newspaper – January 29th 2010 |
| Two-thirds of the UK regard themselves as Christian, according to new research by the Church, as data showing a decline in the church attendance revealed changes in Christian behaviour. The survey showed that 65 per cent of the country consider themselves to be Christian. This confounds the death knells sounded for the Church following the publication of 2008 figures showing a drop in attendance for the fifth consecutive year. Average weekly attendance was down to 1,145,000 from 1,160,000 in 2007, as was average Sunday attendance at 960,000 from 978,000 in 2007. One positive for the Church was the average number of children and young people at services each week rose by three per cent to 225,000 from 219,000 in 2007. These figures have been criticised by think tank Ekklesia which wrote on its website: “Many Church of England schools, which make up one-quarter or primary schools require church attendance in order to gain priority in admissions.” | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper – January 29th 2010 |
| According to a report in the Daily Mail, violent attacks take place in NHS hospitals every three minutes since they were turned into ‘war zones’ by 24-hour drinking. Previous figures showed only the number of attacks on NHS staff numbering 55,993 in 2007/8. Freedom of information requests have revealed the scale of violence on patients and staff combined. The 116 Trusts which provided figures for 2007 revealed 82,600 violent incidents. Extrapolated across the NHS, the figure would be around 166,000 in the year. | |
| Work/Employment | DayOne Magazine – February-May 2010 |
| Adam Crozier, will be paid £15 million as the chief executive of ITV if he can turn its fortunes around. The Sunday Times reported he will earn a basic salary of £800,000 in a five-year deal but will have the potential to earn an annual bonus of more than double this. On top of this, he will be awarded shares of his arrival. | |
| Media | The Sentinel – February 1st 2010 |
| The price of gold has jumped by almost 60 per cent since the near collapse of the global financial economy in autumn 2008. Demand for the commodity rose as investors piled cash into buying gold as an alternative to shares. It has pushed the price of the precious metal to around the $1,100 per ounce (£22 per gram) mark – up from $700 when investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – February 2nd 2010 |
| Latest figures show that register offices are proving to be the preferred option for couples wanting a civil ceremony in Staffordshire. There were 3,013 weddings conducted by Staffordshire registrars in the 2008/2009 year with 1,807 ceremonies conducted at register offices and 1,206 held elsewhere. A civil ceremony can take place at the county register office in Stafford, at one of the seven district register offices, or at one of more than 100 venues approved by Staffordshire County Council. These include stately homes and other prestigious buildings, hotels and restaurants. The figures have been released by the county council ahead of National Marriage Week, which runs from February 7 to 14. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel – February 3rd 2010 |
| The chief executive of the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales (CESEW), Oona Stannard, has expressed her horror at some of the sexual messages being targeted at young people through the media. Mrs Stannard was particularly critical of television programmes such as Eastenders and advertising campaigns. “Sex is reduced to an activity free of values conducted in a moral vacuum – a recreational activity,” said Mrs Stannard, who said that people look to the schools and teachers to counter those messages and imagery. | |
| Sex | The Universe – 10th January 2010 |
| An arthritis drug may be barred from most NHS patients has been given the green light in Scotland. Tocilizumab has been judged too expensive by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which assesses the cost effectiveness of treatments in England and Wales. But the body’s Scottish equivalent today recommended free treatment. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 19th January 2010 |
| Staff at the UK’s biggest rock salt mine described Britain’s big freeze as “the worst continuous spell of severe weather in 20 years.” | |
| Environment | The Sentinel – 6th January 2010 |
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