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Discuss| Showing page 1 of 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next » | Last update: Saturday 7th November |
| The Royal Bank Of Scotland has promised to consider proposals for a low-interest credit card for poor people, after a meeting with Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders in Europe. The leaders from London Citizens, a community organisation of more than 130 civic and religious groups, want an end to high lending rates which, they say, cripple poor people and bind them into un-payable debts. | |
| Money | Salvationist- August 2009 |
| Police have launched an investigation into allegations of racist behaviour at a BNP festival. Derbyshire Police launched a probe into claims made by a Sunday newspaper that an undercover reporter witnessed the behaviour at the party’s Red, White and Blue festival in Codnor. The newspaper claims to have filmed members of the party burning a golly doll at the event. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel- 27 August 2009 |
| A specially commissioned Alliance report has found that 45% of English young people volunteer at least once a month and 80% donate money to charity each month. The report says that young volunteers give on average 3.57 hours a month, which when projected across England is the equivalent of 33,000 full-time workers. Most of this voluntary work takes place through churches or religious organisations, and 10% of those who declared themselves “non-religious” still volunteer through a religious organisation. The report also found that the more active the young person is as a Christian, the more likely they are to volunteer. | |
| Young People | Idea- October 2009 |
| Drinkers in England consumed an average eight alcoholic drinks every day on their summer holidays this year, a Government-backed survey has found. The poll of more than 3,500 people, for Know Your Limits Campaign, found that people drank 80 drinks over one holiday, with the average holiday lasting 10 days. This is the equivalent of 80 pints of beer (or 227 units of alcohol), or 80 large glasses of wine (240 units). | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 28 August 2009 |
| Shari’a courts across the UK are hearing cases brought by non-Muslims who find the process ‘less cumbersome’ than the English legal system. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) says 5% of its cases now come from non-Muslims. Under the Arbitration Act 1996, shari’a courts can have their rulings upheld in courts of England and Wales. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now- August 2009 |
| The current global economic crisis shows that capitalism without ethical grounding does not work according to the Vatican. Christians should keep this in mind whether they are business people, policymakers or simply consumers, a top Vatican economist has said. Thomas Han Hong-soon of the Vatican Prefecture for Economic Affairs said that “the root of this crisis is a moral deficit” and that when it comes to business, Christians have not always followed the principles of charity and justice found in the Gospel. | |
| Money | The Universe- August 2009 |
| Children can now go swimming for free as part of a £150,000 scheme to tackle obesity and keep youngsters off the streets. Tens of thousands of children will benefit from a Government-funded project which got underway in September. The scheme, which follows the introduction of free swimming for the over 60s in April, is open to anybody under 16 and will run at each of Stoke-on-Trent’s pools for the next two years. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel- 2 September 2009 |
| Choirs have been told they are not welcome to sing Christmas carols in areas of Parliament because it puts MPs off their lunch. Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning objected to the ban. The choirs come from his constituency and have entertained MPs and his staff for the past four years. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now- August 2009 |
| A spate of assisted suicides shows that Britain is entering the “age of convenience”, the Archbishop of Westminster has said. Archbishop Vincent Nichols defined the “age of convenience” as the pursuit of what we want despite its cost and impact on others. He argued the loss of faith was giving rise to new moral and social dangers. He said: “The consequences of this attitude lie at the root of the weakening of social structures, including the decline of the family as the core unit and the increasing intolerance of non-materialist, philosophical or ethical views”. | |
| Social Issues | Salvationist- July 2009 |
| Pregnant women and those suffering from asthma, diabetes and heart disease will be among the first in the UK to get the swine flu vaccine, the Government has announced. More than 13 million people are in the groups to be vaccinated first including those aged six months to 65 in high risk groups. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 14 August 2009 |
| A new species of bald-headed song bird has been discovered in a remote region of Laos. The bizarre creature has been dubbed the “bare faced bulbul” because of the lack of feathers on its head and its face. It is the first new species of bulbul, a family of around 130 species, found in Asia for ore than 100 years. | |
| Odd Facts | The Sentinel- 30 July 2009 |
| New equality rules proposed by the European Commission have been condemned as ‘wholly unacceptable’ by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The Equal Treatment Directive is designed to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of religion, disability, age and sexual orientation, and has been the subject of a public consultation by the British Government. However, the bishops warned that it could be ‘an instrument of oppression’ if it failed to balance the competing rights of groups. They are particularly concerned about article 13, which requires that organisations amend any internal rules contrary to the principle of equal treatment. | |
| World Issues | Salvationist- August 2009 |
| Parents are not to blame for the rise in bad behaviour among teenagers, research suggests. There is no evidence that parenting is worse today than it was twenty years ago, according to a study by the Nuffield Foundation. Today’s parents are more likely to know where their teenage children are and what they are doing – in 2006 85% of parents regularly asked their child where they were going. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 31 July 2009 |
| The Bank Of England has warned the banking sector could hamper recovery from the recession as it pumped an extra £50 billion into the flagging economy. The surprise move – taking efforts to boost the money supply to £175 billion – appeared to pour cold water on hopes of a quick recovery from the recession. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which left interest rates at a 0.5% record low, saw some hopeful signs but flagged up lower lending levels – with banks making more profits on the loans they are receiving. | |
| Money | The Sentinel- 7 August 2009 |
| A plasterer fears he could lose his home unless the tax office pays back £2,000 it owes him. Struggling Nigel Hampton says he can not afford to tax and MOT his work van without a tax rebate he has been due for two months. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), of which the former Inland Revenue is party told him the £2,108 payment could take another two months to process because of a backlog in the system. | |
| Money | The Sentinel- 11 August 2009 |
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