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| Protesters held a march in London calling for Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws. During the visit to Britain of President Asif Ali Zardari the marchers, led by the British Pakistani Christian Association and supported by the South Asian Forum of Evangelical Alliance, handed in petitions at the Pakistan High Commission and Downing Street to demand that action be taken to stop the laws, which they believe make religious minorities vulnerable to persecution. | |
| The Law | ‘Salvationist’ (The War Cry) – August 14, 2010 |
| Catholics in Britain are being asked to pay between £10 and £25 to attend Masses and Pope Benedict XVI’s other public appearances during his four-day visit in September. The donations, described as ‘pilgrim contributions’ by the Church, are needed to help to defray costs up to £20 million… Each pilgrim will be given a ‘pilgrim pack’ containing their ‘pilgrim passport’, a commemorative CD and a ‘how to keep in touch postcard’. | |
| Church | ‘Salvationist’ (The Times) – August 14, 2010 |
| Homosexual couples should be able to register civil partnerships in churches that wish to hold them, David Cameron said on June 16, when he became the first Conservative Prime Minister to host a Gay Pride reception. Earlier the same day, Home Secretary Teresa May, also the Minister for Women and Equalities, unveiled the Coalition Government’s plans for further homosexual ‘rights’, including a commitment to ‘better recording of hate crimes.’ | |
| Politics | ‘Evangelicals Now’ (The Christian Institute) – August, 2010 |
| In the first week of July, a Christian foster carer, who was struck off because she allowed a Muslim girl to convert to Christianity, won her legal action. The lady, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been banned from fostering by Gateshead council in November 2008 for failing to prevent the teenager from getting baptised. The council admitted that it had acted unlawfully. | |
| Religious Persecution | ‘Evangelicals Now’ (The Christian Institute) – August, 2010 |
| The Lord Mayor of Leicester in June banned Christian prayers before council meetings, and branded the process ‘outdated, unnecessary and intrusive’. Colin Hall also refused to take part in a service held at Leicester Cathedral on June 20 to welcome him to the role of Lord Mayor. | |
| Religious Persecution | ‘Evangelicals Now’ (The Christian Institute) – August, 2010 |
| Comprehensive research into neighbours in the UK, launched in June, revealed that the UK is less than half as neighbourly now as it was in 1982, with 49% of Britons saying they know more about their favourite celebrity than about their neighbour. | |
| Social Issues | ‘Evangelicals Now’ – August, 2010 |
| An Oxford congregation on June 30 lost its appeal at Oxford Magistrates Court to overturn the variation of a license to run a lap dancing club just 50 yards from their church. | |
| The Law | ‘Evangelicals Now’ – August, 2010 |
| For the third month in a row, sales of religious books rose in May, as overall book sales increased by 9.8% to $715.3 million and were up by 11.6% for the year, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP). | |
| Media | ‘Christian Marketplace’ – 10 August, 2010 |
| The Government is ready to back the creation of atheist schools as part of its series of reforms [according to] the Education Secretary, Michael Gove. He told MP’s: “It wouldn’t be my choice of school but the whole point of our education reforms is that they are, in the broad sense of the word, small ‘l’ liberal. They exist to provide that greater degree of choice”. Mr Gove, whose two children attend primary faith schools, said he ‘recognised that there are some people who explicitly do not want their children educated in a faith-based setting’. | |
| Education | ‘Salvationist’ – 7 August, 2010 |
| The benefits of 24-hour drinking have failed to materialise and tougher action is needed to tackle alcohol-related problems, the Home Secretary said today. Theresa May unveiled plans to tackle violent disorder and other problems caused by alcohol ahead of a key speech on anti-social behaviour later today. Measures to make it easer for communities to influence licensing decisions, tougher penalties for those selling alcohol to children and higher licensing fees to cover the cost of extra policing are also being considered. | |
| ‘The Sentinel’ – July 28, 2010 | |
| Sunday has disappeared into the “greyness” of the rest of the week, according to a northern diocesan bishop. As a result not only churchgoers are suffering but the rest of society, says Bishop of Chester Peter Forster. | |
| Church | ‘Church of England Newspaper’ – July 30, 2010 |
| A new UN Aids study has lent credibility to faith leaders who have long argued that behavioural change was a key to combating the spread of the illness, according to a Catholic Expert on the disease. “Within the UN, there is more and more attention [given] to focusing on abstinence and the reduction of the number of sexual partners as well as the strategy of promoting condoms,” said Mgr Robert Vitillo, special advisor to Caritas Internationalis on HIV and Aids. | |
| ‘The Universe, Catholic Weekly’ – July 25, 2010 | |
| Every speed camera in the county looks set to disappear following central government funding cuts. Oxfordshire County Council is cutting its funding to the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership by £600,000 in a bid to meet £11 million savings. It has resulted in the partnership taking steps to end enforcement in the county and switch off its 72 fixed cameras. | |
| Environment | ‘The Sentinel’ – July 26, 2010 |
| The taxman could owe millions of British workers as much as £3 billion in overpaid taxes dating back to 2007-08 and earlier, according to the report. And a backlog of underpaid taxes from four or more years ago could lead to HM Revenue and Customs demands for an extra £1.4 billion from taxpayers, said spending watchdog the National Audit Office. The NAO said the backlog was caused by the introduction of a system to combine National Insurance and PAYE income tax payments into one record. | |
| Money | ‘The Sentinel’ – July 21, 2010 |
| A study of breast cancer drug Avastin failed to show meaningful benefits for patients, U.S health advisers said unanimously last night. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel of experts voted 13-0 that the risks and side-effects of Avastin outweighed its benefits when used alongside chemotherapy drug docetaxel. Patients taking Avastin did not show significant improvement in lifespan. Additionally, patients taking Avastin reported significant side-effects, including high blood pressure and fatigue. | |
| Health | ‘The Sentinel’ – July 21, 2010 |
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