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| Many GPs are dissatisfied with their job, according to a survey out today. Over half (52 per cent) are unhappy with the amount of money the government allocates to the NHS and 62 per cent are unhappy with their relationship with health service managers. Forty-six per cent are unhappy with their workloads. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - December 10th 2007 |
| The rate of suicides amongst young men in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level for more than 30 years. A study by the University of Bristol’s Department of Social Medicine found the percentage of men aged 15-24 who take their own life has almost halved since a peak about 18 years ago. By 2005 the rate had fallen to 8.5 per 100,000 the lowest level since 1974. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel - February 15th 2008 |
| Scientists have found that ease of putting on weight is mostly inherited in school children. A study of more than 5,000 pairs of twins aged eight to 11 showed that genes contributed 77% of the amount by which their body mass and waist circumference varied. Only 28 per cent of the differences between the children was due to home environment. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 7th February 2008 |
| People who download music and films illegally face being cut off from the web under plans being considered by ministers. Internet service providers could be legally obliged to take action. Users would be subject to a “three strikes and your out” policy, receiving an emailed warning first followed by a suspension, and then finally termination of their internet contract. | |
| Media | The Sentinel - 12th February 2008 |
| Thousands of teenagers were punished for cheating in their GCSE Exams last year. A government watchdog said 4,258 candidates were caught, with a quarter punished for taking mobile phones or other gadgets into their exams. At the same time, the number of teenagers given extra marks for being ill on the day of their exams rose sharply, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) said. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - 12th February 2008 |
| The Children’s Commissioner for England is set to call for a ban on a device which disperses young people by emitting a high-pitched sound which only they can hear. The gadget known as the mosquito, exploits the fact that people’s ability to hear very high frequencies declines in their 20’s. Professor Sir Albert Aynsley-Green will lead a new campaign called Buzz Off which will call for a ban on the mosquito on the grounds that it infringes the rights of young people, the BBC reported today. “these devices are indiscriminate and target all children and young people, including babies, regardless of whether they are behaving or misbehaving” he said. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - 12th February 2008 |
| Children trafficked to this country or seeking asylum after being separated from their parents should be given a legal guardian to represent them, the bishop of Newcastle said in a parliamentary committee this week. The Rt Rev Martin Wharton was speaking in support of an amendment to the Children and Young Persons Bill in a Grand Committee of the House of Lords. He said: “It is staggering to think that every year 3,000 children separated from both parents arrive in the UK. Some – we do not know how many – have been trafficked, and I suggest most, if not all, will have had traumas of many kinds”. | |
| Social Issues | The Church of England Newspaper - January 18th 2008 |
| Christian leaders have apologised to Muslims for the War on Terror and the Crusades in an open letter calling for peace between the two faiths. They also called for Muslim and Christian leaders to meet together and “begin the earnest work of determining how God would have us fulfil the requirement that we love God and one another”. It follows the letter sent by 138 Muslim scholars to Christian leaders last year in which they called for co-operation for the sake of world peace. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity - February 2008 |
| Young people believe that learning and school is more important than cultivating family relationships, according to a survey by the BBC’s Newsround programme. The study also found that 13% of respondents never have a meal with their family. | |
| Family | Youthwork - February 2008 |
| More work needs to be done to protect consumers from ticket touts, according to the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR). Although parts of the report have been welcomed by the organisation, it still feels there is more work to be done. Chairman of STAR Tom Wright CBE said: “Buyers beware. Getting resold tickets online can be just as risky as buying from strangers on the street. Customers sometimes have little or no protection nor guarantee that they will be getting what they have paid over the odds for and many have been disappointed” | |
| Entertainment | The Main Event - February 2008 |
| Stop the Traffik, the global campaign against people trafficking led by Rev Steve Chalke, delivered a 1 million-signature petition to the United Nations in February, calling for more to be done to fight the practice. The declaration also marked the launch of the Stop the Traffik Global fund, which will raise millions of pounds to give to grassroots projects working to stop trafficking and help victims. | |
| World Issues | Christianity - March 2008 |
| The growing number of private CCTV Cameras is a cause for concern say human rights group Liberty. More people are installing their own recording devices in homes and businesses to deter vandalism and anti-social behaviour. However, legislation may be required to safeguard individual privacy, particularly where cameras monitor public places such as parks and pavements. If cameras look onto public or even a neighbour’s property the owners are bound by the data protection act and must comply with severs restrictions. | |
| Social Issues | Evangelical Times - March 2008 |
| Law and order statistics released as part of a Freedom of Information request indicate that children as young as four years old are involved in criminal activity such as housebreaking and petty assault Figures compiled by Grampian police show that during a single year nearly 10,000 crimes were committed by children under 18. Perhaps the most striking group were those aged under eight – where 49 offences were committed. The children cannot be identified, but they include a four-year old accused of house-breaking, a five year old caught shoplifting, and another house-breaker aged 5. There were 26 cases of vandalism among the under-eights. Both the police and Scottish Government have called on parents to acknowledge their responsibilities and to teach their children right from wrong. | |
| Crime | Evangelical Times - March 2008 |
| The Government wants to return cannabis to its ‘Class B’ status, according to Whitehall sources quoted in The Times. The drug was controversially downgraded to a class C bracket in 2004 by the then Home Secretary, David Blunkett. Since then, mounting evidence of mental health risks, and fears that the move sent out the wrong message to youngsters, has caused the Government to think again. Gordon Brown has launched a review on becoming Prime Minister in 2007, saying at the time: ‘It is the message you send out. Why I want to upgrade cannabis and make it more a drug that people worry about is that we don’t want to send out a message, just like with alcohol, to teenagers that we accept these things’. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Evangelical Times - March 2008 |
| Police will be issued with portable airport-style metal detectors to help clamp down on knife crime under new measures being launched by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today. The Tackling Violence Action Plan will also include measures designed to prevent binge drinkers moving on to commit crimes of violence. It was criticised by conservatives last night as an exercise in 2papering over the cracks”. The plan comes amid increasing concern about drunken violence on the streets of Britain, as well as the escalation in the use of knives, which were linked to 258 deaths in 2006-07 compared with 219 the previous year. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - February 18th 2008 |
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