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| Damilola Taylor’s father says his faith hasn’t been shaken despite the killing of his son. Richard Taylor says he and wife Gloria don’t blame God for their son’s death. He said “the tragedy never shook my faith, but it did get me asking questions. I often asked why should it happen to my family? There were challenges along those lines.” “I feel that if they go through the prison service they’ll be able to learn consideration and realise why they are there,” said Mr Taylor. “I hope by the time they are back in society, they will have repented”. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Joy - March 08 |
| A Christian leader expects ‘huge national impact’ after the BBC announced a new series on Jesus this Easter. The Passion series, starting on Palm Sunday (March 16), will be scheduled on peak time on BBC1 and is likely to attract audiences in excess of ten million. ‘From time to time opportunities arise nationally that provide significant moments for the Christian faith to engage with our culture. One such opportunity will be the forthcoming BBC series The Passion,’ he said. | |
| Entertainment | Joy - March 08 |
| Many teachers are being bullied and harassed by pupils, but school heads are concealing the problem, says the The National Association of Head Teachers. A survey by the NASUWT teacher’s union found about half of the 5,000 teachers polled had been taunted, abused or attacked by their pupils. But the NAHT union said its members feared reporting ill-treatment would reflect badly on their school. The NAHT’s general secretary, Mick Brookes said “I think we’re quite right in asserting the under reporting of these sort of incidents because it’s not the sort of thing that schools and even teachers, will want to be shouting from the rooftops. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - February 28th 08 |
| Drug addicts who drop out of treatment programmes could have their benefits cut under new plans announced today. The Government’s new 10-year drug strategy will reveal proposals to shake-up the welfare system. In another radical move, grandparents will be encouraged to look after children whose parents are addicts, and social workers will intervene earlier when children are growing up around drug-users. Under the strategy, schools will also be encouraged to improve anti-drugs lessons. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel - February 27th 08 |
| Thousands of people are not collecting prescriptions because they find them too costly, Citizens Advice said today. Many poorer people could be putting their health at risk because they find the charges too much. A poll estimated that as many as 800,000 people in England failed to collect a prescription last year due to the costs. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - February 27th 08 |
| Fabio Capello, the new England football team manager, had his training tactics scrutinised by the media ahead of the recent friendly against Switzerland. It seems the English press thought it was an odd thing for the manager to insist that mobile phones were not to be brought to training and that the squad should eat together. “Things like eating together, getting up (from the table) together, being punctual – in a nutshell, it’s about respecting each other”, he said before the game. Are we really living in a society where a statement like this is so shocking? Now forgive me, I am no football pundit but surely having qualified for Euro 2008, critics would believe a tight reign on the over-paid footballers may be in order. | |
| Media | The Universe - February 24th 08 |
| The Catholic Church in Australia has applauded Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s long awaited apology to the nation’s Aboriginals. “Today is a great day in the history of our nation because it represents a much longed-for point of arrival,” conference president Archbishop of Adelaide Phillip Wilson said. “For true healing to take place we must also acknowledge that this national apology is a point, not only of arrival, but a point of hope and a point of departure.” “As of today the time for denial, the time for delay, has at last come to an end,” Mr Rudd said in his speech accompanying the apology. “As prime minister of Australia, I am sorry. On behalf of the government of Australia, I am sorry. On behalf of the Parliament, I am sorry.”“I offer this apology without qualification.” | |
| Politics | The Universe - February 24th 08 |
| The launch of an espresso-priced Bible in France has triggered a boom in Bible sales in this secularised country. Some 200,000 copies – the equivalent of a normal year’s sales- crossed the tills in the last four months of 2007 when the Geneva Bible Society introduced its new translation. ‘The treasure of humanity … for the price of a coffee’ was the strapline for the €1.50 Bible. | |
| Shopping | Christian Marketplace - March 08 |
| Speaking during a debate hosted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in London, Mr Cameron gave his views on Sharia law for the first time since the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments on the issue caused such controversy. Cameron said that if the Archbishop was suggesting to set up different laws for different communities it would be ‘dangerous and illiberal’. He added it would be dangerous because in Britain, all citizens are equal before the law. That concept is absolutely fundamental to our democracy - itself developed and nurtured over centuries. | |
| The Law | The Church of England newspaper - February 2008 |
| Fervent American Idol contestant Mandisa - who has just released a new gospel album - has revealed that she prays for TV’s 'Mr Nasty’ Simon Cowell. Asked whether the often withering Cowell was a matter for prayer in her life she replied: “Absolutely. All the time. I don’t think it’s a coincidence there have been so many Christians on American Idol. I think that it’s just for America to see, I think that it’s for all the judges as well. And so, I do pray for him and Randy and for Paula as well.” | |
| Entertainment | The Sun - Spring 2008 |
| Sly Stallone said: “you have one small area with peasants being overwhelmed by this brutal military force. They are picked out because they are Christians.” In an interesting plot development Sly decided that for this movie John Rambo would be an atheist having - as a result of his previous experiences – ‘lost most of his humanity’. I wanted to do something more spiritual and visually interesting said Stallone. “Rambo thinks that God has forsaken him, so he lives in exile but there is one ray of hope for him because the missionaries all believe that people can be good. He doesn’t really believe this but there is something about him that wants to protect this group. In doing that he is given a purpose and he is reborn.” | |
| Entertainment | The Sun - Spring 2008 |
| President Bush, who gave up alcohol at the age of 40, made this comment during a visit to the Jericho Program, run by Episcopal Community Services of Maryland, which helps recently released prisoners re-enter the workforce. He said: “addiction is hard to overcome. As you might remember, I drank too much at one time in my life. I understand faith based programs. I understand that sometimes you can find inspiration from a higher power to solve an addiction problem.” | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sun - Spring 2008 |
| Facebook’s popularity in the UK may of reached it’s peak, some 85,000 people in the UK used facebook last month down from 89,000 in December. | |
| Entertainment | The Sentinel February 22nd 2008 |
| Sales of fair trade products in the UK soared to £493million last year, up 81% on 2006. Bananas are the most popular fair trade product with sales rising 130% year on year to £150million. Coffee sales rose 24%to more than £117million will fair trade cotton soared by 660% to just under £35million. | |
| Shopping | The Sentinel February 25 2008 |
| The average cost of a home in England and Wales fell by 0.2% to £174,400 but the number of new buyers registering with estate agents rose by 7.9%. | |
| Housing | The Sentential February 25 2008 |
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