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| On 21st November Shadia Ibrahim was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment. Shadia was charged with ‘providing false information on an official; document.’ Shadia had stated on her marriage certificate that she was Christian, unaware of the fact that her father’s short lived conversion to Islam when she was three years old made her legally Muslim. The Egyptian constitution gives freedom of religion for all citizens but in practice it is very difficult to leave Islam. Children of converts to Islam are automatically considered Muslims. | |
| Religious Persecution | The Voice - Jan/Feb 2008 |
| Businesses were today warned against talking themselves into a recession as confidence in the economy fell. In a survey of 600 UK firms by accountants Grant Thornton, 14 per cent were optimistic about 2008 – far below the 43 per cent this time last year. Grant Thornton’s Alysoun Stewart said they must stay positive. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - January 7th 2008 |
| The main reason for workers pulling a sickie from the office this year has been a hangover, according to a report today. A survey of 500 adults by disability insurer Unum showed one-in-five have taken time off as they were suffering the after effects of a night out, with younger workers most likely to stay in bed. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - December 19th 2007 |
| A consumer group today called for action to address concerns about broadband connection speeds. Advertised “up to” speeds are often much quicker than the actual connection speeds which many householders end up with. Customers should have the right to switch to opt out of their contracts penalty-free if their broadband speed is significantly lower than that advertised, the Offcom Consumer Panel said. | |
| Shopping | The Sentinel - December 19th 2007 |
| Efforts to combat child poverty are failing to help poor parents who are holding down a job, a leading think tank has warned. The number of youngsters in poverty despite having at least one working parent has stayed at the same since 1997 at 1.4 million, the Institute of Public policy Research said. | |
| Family | The Sentinel - January 3rd 2008 |
| Nearly 70,000 premature deaths could be prevented each year by improving the UK’s diet. The average adult currently eats too much salt, saturated fat and added sugar, according to the Government’s Strategy Unit. People are not eating enough fruit, vegetables, wholegrains or oily fish. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - January 3rd 2008 |
| MPs criticised the Government today for its delay in introducing Home Information Packs (Hips). A select committee said the decision to delay the introduction of Hips was due to a failure of nerve after pressure from the media. Hips were intended to make the process of buying a house quicker and easier and help ensure that less sales broke down. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - January 3rd 2008 |
| Pregnant women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent their child suffering rickets, the Government said today. The Department of Health urged women to consider taking supplements if they are expecting or breastfeeding. Although no exact data is available, health workers are seeing more children than ever with a vitamin D deficiency, the department said. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - December 28th 2007 |
| A breakthrough discovery about the way cells behave could lead to new drugs to stop the spread of cancer, scientists have said. Experts have unlocked the secrets of how a group of proteins interact and cause cancer cells to migrate around the body. By mimicking the action of a key protein it might be possible to “anchor” cancer and prevent secondary tumours developing. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - December 28th 2007 |
| A leading charity has backed a plan for electronic tagging of dementia sufferers. The Alzheimer’s Society said the plan could empower patients by giving then more freedom to wander off, and could help families care for patients for longer. The tags use satellite tracking systems similar to those used for offenders, and would only be used with the patient’s consent. The society says many dementia sufferers feel a compelling urge to walk with 40 per cent getting lost when they wander, distressing themselves and their families. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - December 27th 2007 |
| Efforts to cut the number of teenage pregnancies are to be stepped up after an official assessment found the Government was set to miss a target to halve the rate by 2010. The Department of Health’s annual report concluded that “progress needs to be accelerate” to cut the rate of conceiving under-18’s. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - December 31st 2007 |
| A Tory MP woke up on the streets of London yesterday after spending the night sleeping rough to highlight what he says are Government failures to tackle homelessness. Housing spokesman Grant Shapps was guided through the experience by a constituent who lived on the streets for a year after been thrown out of home at the age of 14, before turning his life around. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - December 26th 2007 |
| An estimated £1.2 Billion was spent on unwanted gifts this Christmas according to eBay. People splash out on average £20 on unappreciated presents for others, research for the auction site found. Market researchers YouGov carried out the survey of 1,960 people for eBay last month. | |
| Shopping | The Sentinel - December 26th 2007 |
| A medieval castle, a Venetian canal and a Californian high school are at the core of plans to build the biggest film-making centre outside Hollywood on the site next to the M25. They are three of the exotic backdrops revealed yesterday in a £200 million expansion plan for Pinewood studios, the historic home of the Bond films, the Carryon comedies and more recently The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| Entertainment | THE TIMES - November 2007 |
| Genetically modified crops will be the only sustainable way of solving Britain’s dietary shortcomings scientists claim. Barely one in four British adults consumes close to the recommended quantities of critical omega-3 fatty acids found chiefly in oily fish. Genetic engineering is the sole practical means of getting more of them into the food chain without damaging fragile fish stocks, researchers said. Two long-chain omega-3 acids, EPA and DHA, are known to play important roles in health, protecting against heart disease, diabetes and hypertension and promoting the growth of brain cells in the young. | |
| Food and Drink | THE TIMES - November 2007 |
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