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| The BBC Trust is considering whether it should make Radio 4 open up its ‘Thought For The Day’ slot to non-religious views. Speaking on the feedback programme, Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer said the Trust would come to “some kind of conclusion” later this year about the issue. A number of campaigners and listeners have argues that the slot on the Today programme should cover secular and humanist views as well as the major world religions. | |
| Media | Radio Magazine- July 2009 |
| A unique Welsh language Catholic book of devotion, the remarkable work of 17th century recusants from the principality, has been rediscovered in a Paris library, after apparently being ‘lost’ for two centuries. Entitled ‘Drych Cydwybod – The Mirror of Conscience’ – the rare book was written and printed in France at a time when the production of Catholic literature in Wales was punishable by death. Copies were smuggled into the principality and secretly distributed to Welsh recusants. | |
| Odd Facts | The Universe- July 2009 |
| There are more than 85 unofficial shari’a ‘courts’ operating within the UK, a Civitas report revealed in late June. The courts can have their rulings upheld by civil courts in England and Wales under the 1996 Arbitration Act. There are increasing concerns about the way in which the courts operate, and particularly over their treatment of women. The report, entitled ‘Shari’a Law Or One Law For All?’ calls for a new law to stop shari’a rulings from being legally enforceable. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham has called on the Government to simplify the gift aid system to help charities. Bishop George Cassidy argued it was important to encourage wider take-up before the end in 2011 of transitional relief, a scheme that protects charities from the impact of the drop in the basic rate of income tax. | |
| Church | Church Of England- July 2009 |
| Plans to raise the school leaving age are causing anger and resentment among some teenagers who believe they will be confined to classroom studying subjects they are not interested in. A third of teenagers (31%) are against studying in education until the age of 18, a study by the Youth Commission found. Under new legislation, the school leaving age would be raised to 17 by 2013, and 18 by 2015. | |
| Education | The Sentinel- 21 July 2009 |
| A £5.9 million Government scheme to help cut teenage pregnancies among disadvantaged teenagers failed when numbers actually increased, research out today suggests. The Young People’s Department Programme (YPDP) ran in 27 parts of England between 2004 and 2007, based on a similar model in New York. It was designed to support young people aged 13 to 15, but 16% of the 2,371 teens fell pregnant, compared to 6% in a youth programme without special help. | |
| Sex | The Sentinel- 8 July 2009 |
| Police forces and councils need to tell the public more about what they are doing to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. That is the view of Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s neighbourhood justice co-ordinator Graeme Drayton, who has urged the authority to help make residents feel safer in their communities by telling them about local successes in the fight against crime. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel- 7 July 2009 |
| Christians in India are heaving a sigh of relief after the rout of a Hindu Nationalist Party in national and state assembly elections in Orissa state, a scene of anti-Christian carnage and arson last year. The ruling centrist party won a second term when results of the five-part election were declared on may 16. Concerns over persecution of minorities remain. “The election result is a statement against the persecution of non-Hindus,” said Vijay Simha, a journalist and political analyst. “There were a string of incidents against non-Hindus, which were principally enacted by right-wing outfits. Since the vote went against right-wing parties, the result is a strong rejection of extremist religious programs”. | |
| Religious Persecution | Charisma And Christian Life- July 2009 |
| Claims that immigrants are given priority access to social housing were today dismissed as a myth by a study for the Equality and Human Rights Commission. It found that only 1.8% of social tenants had moved to the UK within the past five years, while 87.8% were UK-born and a tenth of foreigners who had lived in Britain for five years. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 7 July 2009 |
| For the first time in fifteen years, a majority of Americans consider themselves as pro-life according to a May Gallup Poll. The survey of 1,015 adults found that 51% of Americans call themselves pro-life while 42% describe themselves as pro-choice. Just a year ago, 50% of respondents were pro-choice, and 44% were pro-life. Previously, the highest percentage of Americans to ever consider themselves pro-life was 46% in August 2001 and May 2002. Gallup attributed the shift to an increase in Republicans, Protestants and Catholics who identify as pro-life. | |
| World Issues | Charisma And Christian Life- July 2009 |
| The oldest Bible in the world has been digitally pieced together from remains in the UK, Germany, Egypt and Russia to become available free online. More than 800 pages and fragments of Codex Sinaiticus (roughly translated as ‘Book Form Sinai’) can be viewed at www.codexsinaiticus.org. For users who do not read the 1.600-year old Greek, it has been translated and cross-referenced alongside the photographed parchment leaves. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Salvationist- July 2009 |
| A London teacher who was suspended after he complained that a staff training day was used to promote gay rights has been allowed to return to work. Kwabena Peat, 54, who is head of year at a north London secondary school, was upset that that the training day was used to promote gay rights and that the speaker, Sue Sanders, marginalised those who disagreed. Mr Peat walked out of the session, with other teachers, but when he wrote to complain, the school suspended him after recipients of his letter felt ‘harassed and intimidated’ by it. | |
| Education | Church of England- July 2009 |
| Brazilian football legend Pele has told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano that he is grateful to God “for giving me the gift of playing soccer”. However, he denounced the violence that has become associated with the game in recent times. In the interview, Pele said that what he “hates most” about football today has nothing to do with technique, tactics or other athletic aspects of the sport. “What displeases me most is the violence, which is a plague that characterises our entire society as well,” he said. “The violence linked to football truly bothers me”. | |
| What famous people say | The Universe- July 2009 |
| Surveyors expect house prices to rise during the coming quarter for the first time in more than two years. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said a low level of properties on the market, combined with increasing buyer enquiries, was providing a platform for “modest price increases”. It warned that there was unlikely to be a sustained recovery in the housing market until mortgage lending increased. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel- 14 July 2009 |
| For the first time, candidates on an overtly Christian ticket were fielded in every region of the UK – attracting 1.6 % of the votes cast in the recent European elections. Two parties that had formerly fielded their own candidates worked together in an attempt to increase the Christian vote and present a united Christian witness. The Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) working with the Christian Party Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship (CP) attracted 249,493 votes. Their biggest campaign push was in London where CPA has fielded candidates in various elections, including the London mayoral contests. | |
| Politics | Christianity- July 2009 |
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