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| Data released by UNAIDS shows that, while globally the percentage of people living with HIV has levelled and the number of new infections has fallen, an estimated 33.2 million are living with HIV. The agency also calculates that 2.1 million people have already died this year of Aids. | |
| World Issues | The War Cry - December 2007 |
| A new bunch of characters from the team behind Wallace and Gromit is setting out to change the way we think about disability. There’s Brian, a wheelchair – using bull terrier; Slim a stick insect with a walking stick and Tim, a tortoise on crutches. They and their friends appear in Aardman Animations’ Creature Discomforts videos, as part of a campaign by the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity to change public perception of disabled people. | |
| Social Issues | The War Cry - December 2007 |
| Satanic images and graffiti dubbed “nasty” and “disturbing” by shocked parishioners, have been daubed on a Yorkshire Church. The concentrated attack - covering most of the outside walls - is on St. Augustine’s at Scisett, Huddersfield, in the Wakefield diocese. Slogans include “Lucifer is rising” and “the Anti-Christ is coming” are among the shocking daubings on the stone walls of the church. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - November 2007 |
| An ancient church has been moved- on a flat-bed truck. The Emmaus Church and the village of Heursdorf, near Leipzig in Germany, were found to be sitting above large deposits of brown coal, or lignite. A mining company paid £2 million to move the 700 year old church to a new location, on a huge flat-bed truck after local residents refused to move, unless their church went with them. The residents described it as a symbolic victory. | |
| Church | The Reform - December 2007 |
| According to research from Lloyds TSB, the average person will overspend by £147 this Christmas. And, if a survey by Callcredit is correct, the average person will not think its their fault. Seventy-five per cent of consumers, says the credit reference agency, “believe that they’re not responsible for overindebtedness”. So, as a nation we overspend at Christmas (often not paying for one Christmas before the next one arrives) but somehow it’s not our fault! | |
| Money | The War Cry - November 2007 |
| The NHS is failing patients in deprived areas according to a new study. Researchers found patients in poor areas had a greater number of psychological problems, more long term illnesses and a wider variety of chronic health problems. The Glasgow University survey looked at 26 GP practices across the west of Scotland, questioning more than 3,000 patients. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| Six out of 10 family doctors are reluctant to upload patients’ medical records on to a national electronic database, a new survey has revealed. GPs feared records would not remain confidential if they were put on to a database. Some 43 per cent of those questioned said they would refuse to upload the information without a patient’s consent | |
| Health | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| An inquiry has called for improvement in the care of severely injured patients as new figures show fewer than half receive good care. Improvements must be made organisational and clinical aspects of care for patients injured in events such as road accidents, the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) said. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| A report into flooding which affected more than 10,000 homes, schools and businesses has criticised a water company for failing to take effective preventative measures despite repeated warnings about the risk. The Independent Review Body’s report into floods in Hull in June, said Yorkshire Water had commissioned several reports into its flood measures in the past 11 years but had been unable to prove it had taken action to meet many of the recommendations The water company is also accused of overestimating the capacity of its equipment to deal with heavy rain, a failing which the report said had probably contributed to thousands of pounds worth of damage. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| Internet blogs risk leaving a permanent electronic footprint which could be seen by future employers, the privacy watchdog warns. Many young people post content on social networking sites and blogs which could embarrass them, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). An ICO survey found 60 per cent of 14 to 21-year-olds did not realise their details could be accessed years into the future. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| Workers are putting in longer hours, according to a new report. The TUC said more than one in eight people now worked more than 48 hours a week, rising to one in six in London. The union said an analysis of official figures showed that 3.2 million people were now working more than 48 hours a week. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| Frightening new forms of the MRSA superbug are emerging that attack the immune system, are highly infectious and can kill patients by destroying lung tissue, doctors warned today. The bacteria spread through the community and are not confined to hospitals. They produce a toxin called Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) that kills white blood cells, an essential part of the body’s immune system defences. Dr Martin Morgan, from the Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation NHS Trust, said: “The new community associated MRSA stains appear to be more virulent and more easily spread between people." | |
| Health | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| Many care home residents with dementia are being looked after by staff who do not have specialist training, a report claimed today. The Alzheimer’s Society said there are inequalities in the residential care people receive and a shortage of trained staff. Chief executive Neil Hunt said: “Care homes must operate as specialist providers, with dementia training a mandatory requirement for all staff." | |
| Health | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| The sudden influx of immigrant children is pushing some schools to breaking point, headteachers warn Parliament. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) stress that migrant pupils should be welcomed into schools. But the union is concerned that headteachers do not have the resources to cope. The NAHT will set out its views alongside nurses doctors and academics to an inquiry by the House of Lords economic affairs committee. NAHT general secretary Mick Brookes said: “There is a feeling among some of our members that this is out of control and unpredictable." | |
| Education | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| New research suggests that women who have had pre-eclampsia during pregnancy have a higher risk of heart disease in later life. Pre-eclampsia is a condition where high blood pressure and other disturbances develop in the second half of pregnancy. The study is published by the British Medical Journal. | |
| Health | The Sentinal - November 2007 |
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