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| Sir Cliff Richard has spoken for the first time about his friendship with former a Roman Catholic priest he shares his home with. The singer and well-known Christina describes Father John McElynn as his “companion” in his new autobiography. Sir Cliff, aged 67, also says he is sick of speculation about his sexuality and thinks the Church should approve same sex marriages. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Sentinel – September 5th 2008 |
| One of Scotland Yard’s most experiences anti-terrorist officers will be sentenced for an American Express expenses scam involving tens of thousands of pounds. Detective Sergeant Richard de Cadenet, aged 38, who has worked on a number of high-profile investigations including the 7/7 attacks, spent more than a year billing his bosses for personal spending. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – September 22nd 2008 |
| Increases in atheism may be less threatening to religious belief than previously assumed. One of the more arresting finds of a major new survey is that 21 per cent of US atheists believe in God, with eight per cent saying they are “absolutely certain”. Out of those atheist believers, 57 per cent see God as an impersonal force, and 29 per cent believe in a personal God – leaving four per cent who, understandably, aren’t sure. Are we seeing the rise of the nominal atheist? The US Religious Landscape Survey interviewed 35,000 people, and is published by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. It also found conversely, that three per cent of Catholics, two per cent of Protestants, and eight per cent of Muslims do not believe in God. As a while, the survey suggests that 92 per cent of the US population believe in God. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Third Way – September 2008 |
| Major supermarkets announced another round of price cuts today as consumers learned of soaring food inflation. Both Tesco and Asda announced lower prices to outflank their rivals as figures revealed inflation soared to 4.7 per cent last month, Separate figures from the MySupermarket Food Inflation Index showed the cost of all food and drink sold at Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s had increased by 5.9 per cent over the last year. | |
| Shopping | The Sentinel – September 17th 2008 |
| The number of peoples out of work for at least a year could almost double to 700,000 by the end of 2009, the TUC warned today. The union said the current total of 400,000 could rise for the next year, while total unemployment could hit two million. The TUC also warned that difficulties getting people back into work could be worsened by the Government’s latest welfare reforms. Officials said toughening the benefits regime for lone parents and disabled will place extra pressure on overstretched welfare services and could add to the long-term unemployment total. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel – September 17th 2008 |
| Poorly-trained staff in some pharmacies are giving consumers potentially dangerous medical advice, according to Which? The consumer watchdog says it was given unsatisfactory advice in a third of 101 pharmacies across the UK. Three experienced pharmacists gave their verdicts on the advice given to undercover investigators. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – September 25th 2008 |
| A target to halve child poverty by 2010 will not be reached unless the Government invests a further £3 billion in child benefits and tax credits, a coalition of family charities [has] warned. The End Child Poverty campaign, supported by organisations such as the NSPCC and Barnardo’s, said that the money needed is a faction of the £40 billion estimated by the TUC too be the cost of child poverty to the Government in the health care and other public social spending. | |
| The Law | Salvationist & Church Times – September 13th 2008 |
| Vast payouts by churches across the country have become a real prospect following an order by the Charity Commission for a church to pay back £250,000 raised for a building fund appeal that failed to reach its target. The Surrey-based Greater Life Foundation launched an appeal in July 200 to purchase a 500-seat auditorium with adjoining facilities such as a bookshop, café, Bible College and media centre and asked the congregation for donations towards the purchase. When they failed to raise adequate funds, they should have returned the donations, ruled by the commission. | |
| Church | Salvationist – September 13th 2008 |
| The Church of England took out a quarter-page advertisement in the Metro newspaper, offering a prayer for people returned to work after their summer breaks. The church placed the advert in the free commuter paper after research carried out for it found that one in three people expected work to be “very busy” over the coming months, and one in eight was “dreading” the prospect of returning to a “new season” at work. The prayer asked for God’s help in dealing with everyday concerns of home and professional life. | |
| Church | The War Cry – September 13th 2008 |
| Organisations in India that work in partnership with UK-based relief agencies Tearfund and Christian Aid have been feeding people evacuated from their homes because of huge floods in the state of Bihar. Christian Aid reports that roads, railways an crops have been washed away, and that water and electricity supplies have been disrupted. | |
| Disasters/War | The War Cry – September 13th 2008 |
| A bid is under way to have the famous ancient monastery at Clonmacnoise designated as a World Heritage Site. Plans are being developed to put the case forward to UNESCO. However, local councillors for Offaly County Council have been told that if it is accepted as a World Heritage site, the council could be forced to stop using the active burial grounds on the site, and other planning and cultural activities could also be affected. | |
| The Law | The Universe – September 28th 2008 |
| Bad behaviour by Britons abroad has seen arrests soar in Spain and France. Britons on foreign trips have also fallen foul of the authorise in Cyprus, the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office statistics showed. Between April 2006 and March 2007, 2,032 Britons were arrested in Spain, a rise of a hid more than in 2005/06 and the highest number of any country visited. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel – August 12th 2008 |
| Students face the most expensive academic year to date. The Student Price Index found that the inflation rate for undergraduates is almost seven per cent, compared to the Consumer Price Index of 4.4 percent. Students spend more on items which have risen in price fastest, such as food and drink, clothing, tobacco, personal care products, housing and travel. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – August 18th 2008 |
| People aged 50 and over are not receiving basic standards of healthcare, research suggests. Experts found poor quality care offered to patients with conditions like arthritis. But the University of East Anglia team found doctors paid more attention to conditions where assessments earned them extra money like heart disease. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – August 15th 2008 |
| The number of obese horses in Britain has seen a major increase, an animal charity has said. World House Welfare found that 81 per cent of the 230 horses it weighed across the UK were over weight. It says obesity can strain a horse’s heart and lungs or cause laminitis, a condition where foot bones rotate and push through the sole. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel – August 20th 2008 |
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