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| The BBC Director-General, Mark Thompson, last year suggested that the media should treat Islam more sensitively than Christianity. Recently (The BBC) sacked its head of religious programmes, Methodist preacher Michael Wakelin. The emergence of a Muslim as a frontrunner to succeed him, along with the recent appointment of a Sikh to produce, Songs of Praise has deepened fears within the church that Christianity is being sidelined. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now - May 2009 |
| Elderly people are being neglected by care services which are failing to properly train, check and monitor staff, a Panorama investigation will claim tonight. BBC reporters went undercover as care workers to uncover evidence of missed visits, incomplete care plans, inaccurate records of what medicines should be taken and untrained staff using equipment such as hoists. | |
| The Elderly | The Sentinel - 9th April 2009 |
| Around one in six NHS trusts have seen spending on obesity rise more than seven-fold in just three years. High demand for stomach surgery for obese patients as well as the cost of specialist equipment – such as larger examination couches – means the cost to primary care trusts (PCT) have shot up. The new statistics come after official figures published in February revealed that weight-loss stomach surgery for obesity has risen 40% in a year. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 9th April 2009 |
| House prices rose for the first time in 16 months during March as buyers continued to return to the market, figures showed today. The cost of a home in he UK increased by 0.9% during the month, pushing the average to £150.946. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - 2nd April 2009 |
| More firms have been freezing pay while average rises at companies awarding increases were falling, according to new research out today. A study of 110 settlements by pay analysts IDS showed that one in ten involved in wage freezes, while many firms, especially those in the motor industry, were postponing decisions on pay. Average increases in the three months to February were 3.4%, down by 0.1% from the quarter to January. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - 2nd April 2009 |
| Twenty-one NHS trusts have failed to meet hygiene standards set by a new “super-regulator”. All trusts were told they had to meet Government standards on cleanliness as part of their registration with the new Care Quality Commission. Ten acute hospital trusts, six primary care trusts, four mental health care trusts and one ambulance trust have failed to fully meet the criteria. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - April 3 2009 |
| Town halls must be able to show pay for senior officers is “reasonable” a local government chief warned today as it emerged more than 1,000 are now paid six-figure salaries. Research by The Taxpayers’ Alliance showed the number earning more than £100,000 a year had soared by 27 per cent since last year, with several chief executives on packages worth more than twice that. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - April 6th 2009 |
| Doctors want the Government to take tough action of Britain’s drink problem by curbing the sale of cut-price alcohol. It comes after a survey of NHS staff who deal with people affected by drinking found that 85 per cent thought public health campaigns were ineffective. Most said there must be stricter measures to clamp down on the sale of cheap alcohol in bars and supermarkets. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel - April 8th 2009 |
| The UK economy could slide lower for another year and take a further two years to return to its pre-recession level, a gloomy forecast warned today. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research’s latest estimates predict a 1.5 per cent decline in the first quarters of 2009. It says the rate of decline seen in the current recession was “very similar” to the slowdown at the beginning of the 1980s. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel - April 8th 2009 |
| Teachers’ mental health is increasingly being put at risk by the pressures heaped on them during school time. Half of all teachers have considered leaving the profession due to stress, citing the long hours, excessive workload, lack of support and poor pupil behaviour, according to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) teacher mental health working party. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - April 13 2009 |
| Criminal assets confiscated by forces and other asset recovery agencies between October and December 2008 totalled £31.8 million, nationally. Half that sum is to be shared between police, prosecutors, courts and other agencies. A total of £5.5 million will be given to the 43 police forces in England and Wales, compared with £5.14 million paid out in the same quarter last year. Staffordshire will receive £96,905.31 while Cheshire Police will be given £207,564.25. Since the Proceeds of Crime Act came into effect in 2003, £530.5 million has been seized. An incentive scheme introduced in 2006 allows the police and recovery agencies to retain half of all cash they seize from criminals. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - April 15 2009 |
| Interest in property rose for the fifth month in a row during March, with sales increasing for the first time for more than a year; figures showed today. New buyer inquiries were strong in all regions as people looked to take advantage of lower interest rates. Around 31 per cent more surveyors reported a rise in inquiries than those who saw a fall, the highest level since September 2003. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - April 15 2009 |
| Marks & Spencer reported a slowdown in its sales decline today after a better-than-expected fall of 4.2 per cent over the first three months of this year. Promotions helped the drop in like-for-like food sales ease to 3.7 per cent in the 13 weeks to March 28, from a decline of 8.9 per cent. General merchandise also put in a better performance, down 4.8 per cent in the three months. | |
| Shopping | The Sentinel - March 31 2009 |
| Figures released by Tearfund at the end of January show that one in four adults in the UK attend church at least once a year, and that (contrary to popular belief) churchgoing is not in decline. According to research carried out by the Christian relief and development agency, 12.8 million adults in the UK attend church at least once a year, of whom 7.3 million attend at least once a month. Chief Executive Matthew Frost, a member of Holy Trinity, Claygate, said: “We have noticed that in the last year, there has been a significant increase in monthly attendance, bringing the figure for autumn 2008 to 15 per cent after a number of years of reported decline. | |
| Church | The Wey - March 2009 |
| To have gone to Manchester City could have been a great project but in the past few days I have prayed a lot to understand what the right team would be and in the end I have decided to remain here. (Kaka, arguably the world’s best footballer and a committed Christian, explains his decision to reject a £100 million transfer that would have seen him earn £500,000 a week.) | |
| What famous people say | Youthwork - April 2009 |
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