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| Only last month, Tony Blair expressed anxiety that global warming's dire effects would arrive not just in his children's lifetime, but in his own, and would "radically alter human existence"..The possibility that it may be occurring now is suggested in the long run of atmospheric C02 measurements that have been made since 1958 at the observatory on the top of Mauna Loa, an 11,000ft volcano in Hawaii, by the American physicist Charles Keeling, from the University of California at San Diego. When he began, Dr Keeling found the amount of the gas present in the atmosphere to be 315 parts per million by volume. Today, the figure stands at 376ppm..Across all 46 years of Dr Keeling's measurements, the average annual C02 rise as been 1.3ppm, although in recent decades it has gone up to about 1.6ppm. | |
| Environment | The Independent – 11 October 2004 |
| The Average retirement age is currently 62.Alan Johnson, the Secretary of State for Pensions, yesterday acknowledged the problems the Government faced in coping with the twin effects of an ageing population and lower than expected stock market values. He admitted the Turner report was likely to present some "stark choices", adding "We estimate that between 8 and 13 million people are either under-saving or might want to save more. Half the population do not even work up to pensions age." | |
| Money | The Independent – 11 October 2004 |
| The basic salary for an MP is £57,485 a year but they are paid a huge amount more in allowances, expenses, perks and pensions. These extras, including the cost of running a constituency office, work out at £119,908 per MP. That figure relates to 2002/03, and will have risen. | |
| Money | The Independent – 21 October 2004 |
| Liverpool was poised to follow in the footsteps of Ireland and New York last night after councillors voted for the city to become the first in Britain to ban smoking in public.Liverpool has one of the worst death rates from smoking related diseases in the UK, with more than 1,000 dying every year. Of these, 100 are thought to be killed by passive smoking, according to figures released by the city council. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Independent – 21 October 2004 |
| An Independent poll has found that 55% of people blame politicians for the decline in trust of the whole process of politics, while 20% blame the media. 27% of people believe the accuracy of news reporting in the media has worsened over recent years, 25% think it has improved and 42% feel it is just the same. | |
| Media | The Independent – 11 October 2004 |
| Travelling in traffic, either in a car or on public transport, almost trebles the risk of a heart attack for at least an hour afterwards, a study has found. Fumes from car exhausts, noise and stress brought on by traffic congestion are likely to be the main causes of the increase in risk, researchers say. Air pollution is known to be a factor in heart disease, which develops over decades, and research has shown that people living close to a main road have twice the risk of dying from the condition. | |
| Environment | The Independent – 21 October 2004 |
| Three out of four motorists feel more vulnerable than five years ago, with many fearful of being road rage victims. Younger drivers, aged 26-35 are the most worried, with 52% believing that they are at risk. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 27 October 2004 |
| More than a third of antisocial behaviour orders, the Governments flagship attempt to curb louts and vandals, are breached, according to official figures released yesterday. Between June 2000 and December 2002, 305 out of 855 Asbos issued in England were flouted, a total of 36%. Of those who broke the terms of the orders, 152 were given a custodial sentence, 93 received community sentences and 60 received other sentences, according to a spokeswoman for the Home Office. | |
| Crime | The Independent – 27 October 2004 |
| Immigration rules will be tightened and teachers and social workers advised on spotting child brides in a drive against forced marriages to be launched today. Ministers will also announce that a new criminal offence of compelling people to marry against their will could be created. The Foreign Office has helped 1,000 British citizens to break out of forced marriages abroad since 2000, including 300 last year, but officials believe that could be the tip of the iceberg..Also today, Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, and David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, will raise the minimum age of foreigners coming into the country as spouses of UK nationals from 16 to 18. | |
| Family | The Independent – 27 October 2004 |
| New mothers are to be given one year's paid leave in a cash incentive designed to promote the "work-life balance" and woo back women and young families to the Labour Party. The proposals for enhanced maternity leave will be a main Labour election promise. Patricia Hewitt, the Trade and Industry Secretary said yesterday that boosting maternity pay would be a "high priority for the Government" in a third term. Ms Hewitt is also examining proposals to increase paternity pay and offer new fathers two weeks' paid leave - at 90% of their full salary. At the moment, they receive just more than £100 a week paternity pay. | |
| Family | The Independent – 27 October 2004 |
| More than 40,000 women and girls were raped by soldiers and used as sex slaves during the six-year civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and they desperately need medical care, according to a report released yesterday. Amnesty International said that soldiers from more than 20 armed groups, and government soldiers from the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda had taken part in the attacks, some on girls as young as five. Even soldiers from Monuc, the UN peace-keeping mission, are under investigation for abuse. In some cases, militias have kept women for several months.More than 20% of the population in eastern Congo is estimated to be infected with HIV/Aids and more than half of the people could catch the virus within the next 10 years, making the rate of infection one of the highest in the world. | |
| Disasters/War | The Independent – 27 October 2004 |
| Poor literacy and the lack of basic skills caused by unrecognised dyslexia costs the UK economy £1 billion a year, campaigners said today. The Dyslexia Institute estimated that the economy lost a "staggering" £2.75 million a day because dyslexics were not being given the help they needed to fulfil their potential.Some studies have estimated that as much as 50% of the prison population may be dyslexic.And around 20% of the long-term unemployed are thought not to have received the educational support they needed to succeed. | |
| Education | Sentinel Sunday – 10 October 2004 |
| A staggering one in ten women and one in eight men under the age of 25 tested positive for Chlamydia.latest research by the Health Protection Agency shows that women aged 16-19 are 43% more likely to test positive for the infection than women in their early 20's.50% of men and 70% of women with Chlamydia show no symptoms at all. | |
| Health | Sentinel Sunday – 10 October 2004 |
| 83% of us are considering counselling to make us happier and better able to cope with life. | |
| Health | The Independent on Sunday – 10 October 2004 |
| The law says that education is compulsory until the age of 16 but government figures show that a staggering 10,000 14-year olds absent themselves around this time of year - and never return. | |
| Education | The Independent on Sunday – 10 October 2004 |
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