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| Ministers have announced a £52,000 cash injection to help bring empty shops back into use. Stoke-on-Trent is among 57 deprived areas of England which will benefit from the £3million fund. Each area will receive £52,632 to spend on refurbishing empty shops. Announcing the funding yesterday, Communities Secretary John Denham said: “We know that the downturn has really hurt high streets in areas of high deprivation, these grants will help to transform and re-open empty shops to keep town centres vibrant and combat the recession. Councils will now be able to use our funding to come up with their own creative ideas to transform boarded up shops into something useful. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel- 14 August 2009 |
| President Barack Obama’s push for health care reform could be disastrous for the pro-life cause, campaigners in America have said. The three health care reforms currently in the US Congress do not specifically mention abortion but legal precedents proves abortions could be covered by tax payers money unless excluded in legislation. Pro-life members of Congress said legislation also could allow abortion coverage for most insurance plans. The Obama administration has not ruled out the possibility of publicly funded abortions, according to White House budget director Peter Orszag. | |
| Politics | The Universe- August 2009 |
| Immigrants could be denied UK citizenship of they get involved in anti-social behaviour, including unpatriotic activities such as demonstrating against troops it as emerged. Home Secretary Alan Johnson is launching a consultation on a points based system which will take into account applicants’ behaviour record, as well as skills, jobs and qualifications. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 3 August 2009 |
| Students pay less rent to live and study in Stoke-on-Trent than anywhere else in the country. A new survey has shown that the Potteries have the lowest average accommodation costs of any university city within the UK. At only £41.90 per week, the figure is almost £20 less than the £62.61 national average. It is only 40% of the typical £104.13 typically paid out by students to live in London. | |
| Education | The Sentinel- 19 August 2009 |
| An Irish bishop has said there should be no official status given to any relationship other than that of heterosexual marriage. Bishop Christopher Jones said he accepted that provision must be made for unmarried couples who formed long-term dependent relationships, but none of these relationships should get the same status as heterosexual marriage. | |
| Social Issues | The Universe- August 2009 |
| Complaints about a council rose last year as thousands of residents raised concerns about the quality of services. Stoke-on-Trent City Council received a total of 2,551 complaints during 2008/09 – up fifty on the previous year. The authority has also revealed the number of complaints from service-users fell by 6% to 1,095. a report to scrutiny committee members showed the number of comments from residents about the council’s operations jumped by almost 29%. The report said more than half of the complaints were either upheld or partially upheld, and that the authority paid out £3,635 to settle four disputes. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 21 July 2009 |
| It was reported that a Voice of the Martyrs’ project of faxing gospel messages to North Korea provoked a sinister response. After recent messages that included stories of Christians loving Communists even under persecution, someone at the North Korean embassy in Finland returned an unsigned fax. It read: ‘We know who you are. We warn you that if you send this kind of dirty fax again, something very bad will happen to you. Don’t do something you will regret’. | |
| World Issues | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| A teacher who called his pupils “ugly” and “fat” and asked if their mothers were attractive when planning parents’ evening, has been suspended for two years. James Cairney, who did not attend the General Teaching Council hearing, was accused of unacceptable conduct at The Causeway School in East Sussex between September 2004 and August 2006. | |
| Education | The Sentinel- 22 July 2009 |
| At least ten Protestant pastors from the northern Córdoba region of Columbia have been threatened by re-armed paramilitary groups over the past six months, it was reported in June. In some cases, attacks and threats have led to forced displacement of the church leaders and their families. In each case, men claiming to represent the Black Eagles, a paramilitary organisation with a heavy presence in the area, have contacted church leaders to vainly demand the collaboration of the pastors and their churches. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| A programme to tackle teenage knife crime has seen no reduction in the number of killings. The Tackling Knives Action Programme launched in 10 police areas in July last year, saw a 17% reduction in knife-related violence against under-20s. However, the number of under-20s killed by knives did not change. There were 23 deaths during the time of the scheme, the same as last year. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel- 22 July 2009 |
| Six out of ten teenagers believe religion ‘has a negative influence on the world’ and 55% say family, friends, money and entertainment are more important. This is according to a survey of 1,000 teenagers for Penguin Books published in June. Half of teenagers claim they have never prayed and 16% have never been to church. Three in ten believes in an after life, whilst one in ten believes in reincarnation. | |
| Young People | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| Brazilian footballers have been told not to make any overt displays of Christianity by the sport’s governing body. FIFA has told players such as Real Madrid midfielder Kaka` and FC Bayern München defender Lucio, who appeared with T-shirts under their team shirts carrying the slogans ‘I Belong To Jesus’ and ‘I Love God’ during the Confederations Cup final in June, that they will be disciplined if they display overt symbols of religion, which are not permitted by FIFA rules. A warning letter was sent to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) regarding both Catholic and Protestant players wearing slogans. Kaka` and Lucio are among several Protestants in the Brazilian team. | |
| World Issues | Salvationist- 2009 |
| More than 80% of Britons favour a cap on immigration, the Government’s own survey has revealed. Despite ministers ruling out a cap, a Home Office poll of attitudes towards people coming to the UK found overwhelming support for a strict limit on immigrant numbers. A total of 81% of those asked by pollsters favoured, while only 13% said they opposed one. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 23 July 2009 |
| Methodists could be barred from joining the groups such as the British National Party (BNP). This was after the 2009 Conference meeting in Wolverhampton resolved that being a member of organisations whose constitutions, aims or objectives promote racism is ‘not consistent with being a Methodist’. As well as being at odds with Methodist Church membership, affiliation with racist organisations is also ‘inconsistent’ with being employed to represent or speak on behalf of the Church, declared the conference. The Methodist Church is believed to be the first UK denomination to back such a move, which regularly targets, but is not limited to, the BNP. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Salvationist- July 2009 |
| Kendal Town Council could face legal action from one of its councillors over its traditional prayers before meetings, it was reported. Green Party councillor Enda Farrell wants the prayers scrapped or held in a different room as a matter of ‘equality’. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
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