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| Faith schools should be forced to open their doors to pupils and staff who do not sign up for their ethos, said a new coalition of teachers groups and think tanks in September. The new coalition, Accord, says that faith schools – which often out-perform other schools – should not be able to “discriminate” against students and teachers on the grounds of their beliefs. | |
| Education | Evangelicals Now & The Christian Institute – October 2008 |
| Children are being incarcerated for too long at an immigration removal centre and becoming distressed and scared, prison inspectors said. The average length of time children are being held at the Yarl’s Wood centre in Bedfordshire has almost doubled from eight to 15 days in the last two years, an HM Inspectorate of Prison report found. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel - August 22nd 2008 |
| During August, ten MPs wrote to The Daily Telegraph requesting that sex education be made compulsory for children as young as four. The Government is conducting a review of sex education, and liberal organisations are pressing for compulsory sex education in primary schools. | |
| Education | Evangelicals Now & Prayer Digest – October 2008 |
| Nearly half of British shoppers have switched to cheaper brands at the supermarket in the last year to cope with squeezed households budgets, according to new research. Over the past 12 months, 41 per cent of shoppers have changed to cheaper lines and 34 per cent have cut down on supermarket premium ranges, according to market analyst Mintel. The study found 66 per cent of shoppers now look for promotions and deals more often than they did a year ago, while 29 per cent spend more time comparing supermarket prices. | |
| Shopping | The Sentinel - September 26th 2008 |
| Almost a quarter of the population will be in fuel poverty by next year and those on low incomes will be especially badly hit, new figures today showed. A report published by the National Housing Federation shows that by the end of 2009 5.7 million UK households will be spending at least 10 per cent of their annual income on energy bills – an increase of 100 per cent since 2005. The research, entitled Energy Prices and Debt, written by IPA Energy and Water Economics, says around 5.7 million people will be in fuel poverty by 2009, compared with around 3.8 million in 2007 and 2.4 million in 2005. It says annual electricity bills are expected to increase to over £500 each year and gas bills to around £900 by 2010. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – September 8th 2008 |
| The Krypton Factor, the quiz show dubbed “television’s toughest”, is being brought back, it emerged today. The show ran for 18 years on Monday nights before it was axed in 1995 by ITV, which still holds the rights. The broadcaster is about to order a new series of the show, which was hosted by Gordon Burns. | |
| Media | The Sentinel - September 26th 2008 |
| Britons should start abandoning meat to save the environment, says a world authority on climate change. It is claimed that changing diet is more important than cutting down on car usage to reduce households’ greenhouse gas output. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel – September 8th 2008 |
| ‘God Talk’ is still the way to move the masses, according to a think tank’s research showing that politicians are increasingly referring to religion. As the political parties gather for their annual conferences, public theology think tank Theos reveals a growing use of ‘God talk’ by party leaders in their conference speeches. Labour, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has made most use of ‘God talk’. In the 10 conference speeches examined, Labour’s leaders have made 98 religious references compared with 65 for the Conservatives and 23 for the Liberal Democrats. Gordon Brown made an average of 14 references per speech, to Tony Blair’s 9.3 and David Cameron’s 8.3. Although the research shows a steady increase through the decade, there was a spike in 2001 when each of the speeches was delivered within weeks of the 9/11 attacks. | |
| Politics | The Church of England Newspaper - September 19th 2008 |
| Exercise and nutrition sessions for schoolchildren will start next month. The Stafford and Stone School Sport partnership (SSSSP) is starting its third MEND programme. MEND which stands for Mind Exercise and Nutrition…. Do it! will be based at Walton Priory Middle school in Stone from early October. Overweight pupils aged between 7 and 13 and their families from schools in the immediate area will be invited to take part in the nine week programme. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - September 23rd 2008 |
| Generational, A lack of parents and adult role models is driving young people to turn to gangs and other peers for support, according to a report published by The Prince’s Trust. The Culture of Youth Communities reveals that a third (34%) of young people do not have a parent who they consider to be a role model. Fifty-eight per cent of young people claim that finding a sense of identity is a key reason for joining a gang, and almost a quarter (22%) say young people are looking for role models in gangs. More than half (55%) already cite friends and peers as role models. | |
| Young People | Keep The Faith - 2008 |
| The credit crunch is starting to hit workers’ sleep patterns, with many blaming long, stressful hours for lack of shut-eye. A survey of 2,000 workers by internet firm Audible.co.uk showed that one in 10 didn’t fall to sleep for more than an hour after going to bed. Work related worries were said to be the main cause and experts advised not to watch TV before sleeping. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – August 29th 2008 |
| Scottish farmers are blaming sea eagles for the deaths of hundreds of lambs. The birds of prey were brought from Norway as chicks and raised in aviaries before being released into the north-west Highlands as part of a conservation project. But farmers claim the eagles have killed more than 200 lambs. William Fraser, chairman of Gairloch and Poolewe branch of the Crofting Foundation, said: “One woman has lost 50 % of her animals.” | |
| Environment | The Sentinel - September 23rd 2008 |
| Churches in England have lost at least 50,000 women from their congregation every year since 1989, a sociologist said at the weekend. Dr Kristin Aune, of Derby University, said many young women were put off going to church because they linked it with traditional values. She also said television icons such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which supported female empowerment, discouraged women from attending church. Dr Aune said: “In short, women are abandoning the church. Because of its focus on female empowerment, young women are attracted by Wicca, popularised by the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “Young women tend to express egalitarian values and dislike the traditionalism and hierarchies they imagine are integral to the church.” Dr Aune believes many women find it difficult to attend church as they juggle their working lives with their families. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - August 29th 2008 |
| Prisoners could be charged less for phone calls after the phone regulator criticised the price of calls. Ofcom found prisoners paid much more in state-run prisons than in privately- run institutions. It also found British Telecom, which runs phones in prisons in England and Wales, was making a “relatively high return” on its investment. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - September 23rd 2008 |
| One in six drivers is breaking child care seat laws and putting children’s lives at risk, according to a poll. And 21 per cent of those failing to comply are unaware the laws exist, the survey by insurance company LV found. Ten per cent of those who are aware of the rules say they do not bother to fit safety seats, which are compulsory for under 12s who are 135cm and under. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - September 30th 2008 |
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