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| Alcohol labelling must be overhauled to stop profit being put above public health. A report by Alcohol Concern, called Message On A Bottle, found only four per cent of drinks sold by supermarkets adhered to best practice when it came to labelling. Less than a fifth (18%) had information about sensible drinking levels and just over half (56%) explained the number of units. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 4 September 2009 |
| Prospects for the UK have worsened while other nations begin an earlier than expected recovery from recession, an economic body warned. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the UK economy would shrink by 4.7% this year – worse than its 4.3% forecast in June. Its UK verdict is worse than the 3.5% decline predicted by the Treasury, and contrasts with the improved prospects for other major nations. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - 4 September 2009 |
| A new poll reveals that 50 per cent of UK adults believe the police are too heavy handed during peaceful protests. Conducted by YouGov for Christian Aid, the research also found that 93 per cent of respondents think that everyone in the UK should have the right to protest peacefully. Also, 33 per cent think that the police filming protesters is an invasion of privacy. | |
| Social Issues | The Church of England - 28 August 2009 |
| Police officers in Hampshire have been banned from listening to the radio at work because of the rules imposed on office listening by the performing rights bodies. In an email memo to all staff, the force said it refused to pay the “substantial” PPL fees. Deputy chief constable Simon Cole said: “Hampshire Constabulary does not believe taxpayers would approve of the expenditure of public money for this purpose in police offices.” | |
| Work/Employment | The Weekly Radio Magazine - 19th-25th August 2009 |
| The British Humanist Association wants the Equality Bill changed so that churches and Christian groups who are contracted to provide public services will be forced to employ atheists. Under the current law, religious organisations can, where there is a genuine occupational requirement, select employees on the basis of their religion. The Government says it does not intend to alter the ‘religion or belief’ exemptions afforded to faith based employers. But it is coming under pressure from the British Humanist Association and others to narrow the protection. | |
| Politics | Institute Update - Summer 2009 |
| More than four in five Christians believe religious freedoms are at risk in the UK, according to a survey published in January. One in twenty said they had been reprimanded or cautioned for sharing their faith at work, and a similar proportion said they had lost out on a promotion because of their beliefs. | |
| Religious Persecution | Institute Update - Summer 2009 |
| Councils have been accused of spending millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on fighting legal battles to stop low-paid women winning equal pay. The union said a survey of 50 authorities in England and Wales found more than £11.5 million had been spent to “obstruct” equal pay, and claimed that the figure was “the tip of the iceberg”. Dave Prentis, Unison’s general secretary, said the figures were a “national disgrace”. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - 12 October 2009 |
| The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is worried about workplace discrimination against Christians. In February he said: “Asking someone to leave their belief in God at the door is akin to asking them to remove their skin colour before coming into the office. Faith in God is not an add-on or an optional extra. “For me, my trust in God is part of my DNA; it is central to who I am and defines my place in the world. It informs my whole life, not just a weekly service on a Sunday.” He said Christians are facing problems at work because bosses fail to grasp this. | |
| Religious Persecution | Institute Update - Summer 2009 |
| While the freedom of expression is a right, states are not obliged to protect expression that incites hatred and tramples upon other people’s rights, a Vatican official has said. The Vatican’s representative to UN agencies in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, said the freedom of expression should take into account the “principles of social ethics such as truth, solidarity, tolerance and fairness”. Freedom of expression “is not only a right but also a duty that needs to be strengthened,” said the archbishop. “Protecting the freedom of expression, however, is not an absolute obligation,” he added, because the aim should be to uphold the good of society and protect everyone’s enjoyment of religious freedom and belief. “Any form of incitement to hatred that affects the human person is unacceptable,” and society should not be protecting freedom of expression at all costs if it comes at the expense of the life and dignity of real people, he argued. A solution that strikes a balance between supporting the freedom of expression and curbing hate speech must be found, he said. | |
| What famous people say | The Universe - 11 October 2009 |
| A disabled man who lives in a care home in Fergana, eastern Uzbekistan, has been banned from attending his local church. The director of the home confiscated Gafur Yusupov’s Christian books and audio tapes and has forbidden him from contact with Christians. The director confirmed that Gafur is prohibited from attending church because "he was distributing religious literature here (in the home)". | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now- August 2009 |
| A Christian leader has called on all the Churches in the UK to unite in opposition against the British National Party. Addressing the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland conference at Westminster Cathedral Hall, Rev Arlington Trotman of the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe, said the power of speaking together as a single voice could not be underestimated. Rev Trotman described parallels today with the conditions in the 1920s and ‘30s in Germany. “A political vacuum was created and people came into that vacuum, the same is happening now,” said Rev Trotman, who warned of the danger of “decent people saying and doing nothing”. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe - 11 October 2009 |
| The number of people who took A-level religious studies this year rose by 4.7% from 2008. As students received their results last week, the Church of England said the sixth consecutive increase showed that interest in the subject was high. Jane Brooke, the Church of England’s RE development consultant, comments: “Young people are saying that matters of faith are worth studying as a way of helping them form their own viewpoints. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The War Cry- August 2009 |
| Mental health problems caused by the recession will be dealt with better by Christians according to mind and soul. Rob Waller, consultant psychiatrist and Director of Mind and Soul, the mental health charity, made the claim while speaking to Premier Radio. | |
| Health | Church of England- August 2009 |
| The largest group of atheists and agnostics in the USA filed a federal lawsuit to exclude ‘In God We Trust’ and ‘One nation under God’ from the new Capitol Visitor Centre. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based church-state watchdog group, claimed the engravings are unconstitutional. Further, they say, the phrases would exclude the 15% of Americans who identify themselves as non-religious. | |
| Odd Facts | Evangelicals Now- August 2009 |
| Terry Waite, a former secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and a Beirut hostage 20 years ago, may stand as an independent parliamentary candidate at the next election. A spokesman for Mr Waite confirmed that he was considering the move along with the former BBC journalist and independent MP Martin Bell. | |
| Politics | Salvationist- August 2009 |
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