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| À hike in the driving test fee could lead to a decline in young learners, a survey shows today. The standard driving test charge rises16.5 per cent to £56.50 from tomorrow, with the theory test’s price increasing 5.3 per sent to £30. Britons are now likely to spend more than £1,337 each learning to drive, insurance company uSwitch.com found. | |
| Money | Evening Sentinel - March 31st 2008 |
| The first ever Bible to highlight more than 2,000 passages about poverty and injustice has been launched by Bible Society. The Rt. Rev. Dr Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and Bible Society’s president, said “The imbalance of global wealth, famine, water shortages, exploitation and corruption are all issues that invoke outrage – and demand attention. But ‘The Poverty and Justice Bible’ shows that, in speaking out on these issues, God got there first” | |
| World Issues | Christianity - April 2008 |
| New research claims that cathedrals are failing to reach out to secular tourists. The study conducted by the University of Warwick, showed that just 18% of non-religious visitors claimed to experience a sense of God’s presence when visiting St David’s Cathedral. “Cathedrals still seem over-focused on pilgrim tourists,” said research leader Dr Emyr Williams. “This strategy misses the great challenge held out by the Archbishops’ Commission on Cathedrals of engaging in their mission of teaching, evangelising and welcome among secular tourists. | |
| Church | Christianity - April 2008 |
| According to a report in March, ‘mystery worshippers’ could soon be visiting churches to evaluate the effectiveness of their outreach and welcome. Following a successful trial in the Midlands, researchers are now looking at developing a resource which would see non-church-going professional researchers secretly visiting churches to assess their strengths and weaknesses. The research trial was organised by Christian Research and Christian Resources Exhibition. | |
| Church | Evangelicals NOW - April 2008 |
| A UN report published in February says that more than half of British people admitted they have no religious adherence. The poll stands in contrast to the 2001 National Census which said nearly 72% of the population is Christian. The 23-page UN Report showed that two-thirds of the population claims no religious affiliation. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals NOW - April 2008 |
| Two-thirds of the British public is ‘seriously misled’ in their belief that there is little difference between marriage and living together, the Mothers’ Union said in February. Calling for tax benefits for married couples, it announced a training initiative later this year to ‘help people get real’ about how marriages ‘need to be worked at’ in contrast to media depictions of ‘fairytale hopes’, ‘celebrity weddings and marriage breakdowns’. | |
| Family | Evangelicals NOW - April 2008 |
| UK newspapers are being advised to refuse advertising for sexual services, because of a link between organised prostitution and human trafficking. The Newspaper Society is updating its guidelines on which adverts should be accepted on classified pages. The society has advised its members how to spot adverts that might be promoting sexual services. For example, they warn newspapers to be wary of ads for massage parlours, as these might be a front for brothels. The guidance follows a meeting with Harriet Harman last year in her role as minister for women. | |
| Media | Evangelical Times - April 2008 |
| Poor parenting and the erosion of family life are leaving schools as the only moral framework in many children’s lives, according to a head teacher’s leader. The Association of School and College Leaders was told that schools have a much stronger role in bringing up children than in previous years, and for many children school was the only solid bedrock in their lives. | |
| Family | Evangelical Times - April 2008 |
| As little as one cup of coffee a day could have a protective effect against Alzheimer’s disease. A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to the disease, a study base on research by scientists at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences has discovered. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - April 3rd 2008 |
| Paedophiles will be banned from social networking websites such as Facebook under new measures announced by ministers today. Convicted child sex offenders will be forced to disclose their email addresses to police. But the Home Office admitted details of the scheme are yet to be fully worked out. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - April 4th 2008 |
| In February the British Medical Association reported that misuse of alcohol in England costs £55.1 billion each year. Of that figure, £2.8 billion is spent on health and care services and £2.1 billion on other public services such as the criminal justice system and social services. Employers lose around £7.3 billion annually as a result of problem drinking. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The War Cry - 5th April 2008 |
| Forty-five per cent of marriages will end in divorce, according to a report published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). If divorce and death rates remain unchanged from 2005, just 10 per cent of marriages will reach their 60th anniversary. | |
| Social Issues | The War Cry - 5th April 2008 |
| Research by relief and development agency Tearfund has found that more than 70 countries are incapable of meeting the Millennium Development Goal of providing adequate sanitation by 2015. The Sanitation Scandal reports that at its current rate of progress sub-Sahara Africa would take more than 60 years to halve the number of people who don’t have basic sanitation. | |
| World Issues | The War Cry - 5TH April 2008 |
| “Problem anger” is ignored in the UK yet is endemic in society, according to a report published today. Despite widespread concern about family breakdown and mental health problems, not enough is being done to intervene at an early stage, it said. The study was produced by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF), which defines problem anger as that which is held on to for too long or which produces inappropriate aggression. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 25th March 2008 |
| CCTV cameras will be used to enforce parking restrictions and issue tickets under regulations due to come into force shortly. Councils will be given the power to use video to hand out fines where it is deemed impractical for traffic wardens to issue tickets. A spokeswoman for the Department for Transport said it would be left to local authorities to decide what “impractical” meant. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - 25th March 2008 |
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