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| Religious symbols in classrooms could be banned after a human rights ruling in Strasbourg. Judges backed a parent who complained that displaying crucifixes in Italian state schools breached religious freedoms enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights. The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Italian government to pay damages of £4,500 to parent Solie Lautsi. | |
| Education | The Sentinel – November 4th 2009 |
| Parents can help keep their teenage children out of trouble by giving them a weekly allowance of alcohol, a British study has found. Teenagers who rely on obtaining their own supplies of cheap booze are much more likely to be involved in violence and other bad behaviour, it is claimed. The survey was based on almost 10,000 young people aged fifteen to sixteen in the north-west of England. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel – October 9th 2009 |
| The Church must do much more to promote the dignity of women and ensure they are given their rightful place within its own ranks and in society at large, according to several bishops at the African synod meeting in the Vatican until October 25. “At least 50 per cent of the already marginalised population know as women is systematically excluded from any meaningful development,” the Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore, George Mpundum, told the synod. “Unless there is equality and justice between men and women, development remains only a pipedream, simply a dangerous mirage,” the Zambian archbishop stated. In Zambia, “women are too often the victims of abuse, domestic violence sometimes leading to death, discriminatory cultural or customary practices, and statutory laws clearly biased against them,” he said. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe – October 18th 2009 |
| Disciplinary rates among community support officers (PCSO) are double those of rank-and-file police, figures revealed yesterday. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act revealed 359 PCSOs were disciplined last year, including 10 for criminal offences. Around a third of the cases concerned neglect of duty. The number represents two per cent of all PCSOs, whereas one per cent of ordinary offices were disciplined. | |
| The Sentinel - October 9th 2009 | |
| A second Sussex Catholic school has placed a ban on pupils consuming caffeine-rich, high-energy drinks, believing them to have a significant effect on behaviour. Cardinal Newman School in Hove implemented the ban in conjunction with local shops after recent research showed the drinks could cause poor concentration in class. | |
| Education | The Universe – October 18th 2009 |
| Children will not be subjected to a X-ray body scanner which produces “naked” images of flight passengers, airport officials said last night. Bosses at Manchester Airport had a rethink on allowing under-18s to undergo the check after child protection experts warned that their security workers risked breaking the law by creating indecent images of juveniles. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel – October 19th 2009 |
| Nearly nine in ten girls aged 13 to 17 have been involved in an ‘intimate’ relationship, according to a survey of 1,353 young people carried out by the NSPCC and Bristol University and published on September 1. Of those girls, one in six reported being pressured into having sex, while one in 16 said they had been raped. A quarter of the girls had suffered physical violence from their boyfriends, the survey found. | |
| Young People | Evangelicals Now – November 2009 |
| The UK population is on course to top 71 million by 2033, figures revealed, with two-thirds of the increase due to immigration. New arrivals, and their children, are fuelling rises not seen since the post-war baby boom, figures from the office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed. Every year 425,000 people will be added to the current 61 million population total, the equivalent of a city the size of Bristol. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- October 22nd 2009 |
| Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain. The Times reported in September. The Government has quietly sanctioned power for judges of Shari’ a law to rule on cases ranging from financial disputes to domestic violence and divorce. Rulings of Muslim courts in London, Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester, with headquarters in Nuneaton, can be enforced by county courts or the High Court. Further courts are planned for Scotland. Concerns have been raised that there will be paralegal legal systems. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now – November 2009 |
| Winter fuel payments for pensioners are an “unsustainable” response to fuel poverty and should be reconsidered, a report said today. The Government’s £2.7 billion-a-year budget for winter fuel payments might be better spent on modernising the homes of pensioners who cannot afford to heat them properly, suggested local government spending watchdog the Audit Commission. The Commission pointed out that twelve per cent of people receiving the payments are in fuel poverty. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – October 21st 2009 |
| 2018 has been identified as the point when digital sales will overtake sales of traditional books, according to a survey by the Frankfurt Book Fair. Around half of the 840 international industry experts who responded to the survey said 2018 was the “turning point.” | |
| Shopping | Christian Marketplace – November 2009 |
| Ministers have lost track of around 40,000 migrants who have no right to be in Britain. The Home Office admitted the illegal immigrants should have left the country more than six years ago but could still be here. Officials have launched a trawl of the cases to try and find them and remove them from the country. Every file will be checked against the police and terror lists to see if they present a risk to the public. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – October 21st 2009 |
| A Christian jewellery firm, Silverfish Jewellery, has seen sales of Purity Rings increase by 30%, as increasing numbers of teenagers choose to abstain from pre-marital sexual activities. Silverfish owner Norma Murrain said: “The rise in popularity of Purity Rings is a sign that teenagers are rebelling against the pre-conceived misconceptions about the. Despite what sections of the media would have you believe, some teenagers are willing to wait until they’re married before they have sex. The purity ring is a symbol of their decision and a way to encourage them and those who share their principles.” | |
| Young People | Christian Marketplace – November 2009 |
| Nearly nine out of ten people do not trust the government to hold personal information, a survey revealed today. A Study by campaign group Big Brother Watch found eighty six per cent of those polled feared for the safety of private data in the Governments hands. Trust levels are plummeting, as a similar study seven years ago found just over half of people lacked trust in Government. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – October 28th 2009 |
| A suggestion by an American comedian that the Vatican should be sold to help the poor has been labelled as “offensive and stupid” by a Nigerian archbishop. | |
| World Issues | The Universe- October 25th 2009 |
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