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| Christian broadcaster Premier Radio has been voted the poshest station in the country. 81% of the popular Christian station's listeners are to the manor born, while the digital radio station BBC7 has 77% and Classic FM has 68%. | |
| Entertainment | The Baptist Times - 21st October 2004 |
| According to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, this year there were 126 casinos in England, Scotland and Wales by the end of March 2003. Between January and May 2004 planning applications have been made for a further 82 casinos in 47 towns. There are around 300,000 gambling addicts in Britain. | |
| Entertainment | The War Cry – 23rd October 2004 |
| Only 48% of adults in the back seat wear a seatbelt. Forty front-seat passengers a year die as a result of loosely belted rear passengers. Rear seatbelts save hundreds of lives a year. You are three times more likely to be killed in the back if you are not wearing a belt. | |
| Health | The War Cry – 23rd October 2004 |
| More than 80% of the UK's population growth over the next 30 years will be fuelled by new migrants and their children, according to official figures. | |
| Environment | Evangelical Times – November 2004 |
| The charity ChildLine is reporting huge rises in calls from young people suffering from bullying. 31,000 troubled teens and children contacted their counsellors on the subject during the 2003/05 school year - up from 21,000 the previous year. This translates to a rise of just under 50% year on year, and the highest in ChildLines history. As well as bullying nearly 4,300 self harm calls were received in 2003/04, an increase of around 30%. The majority of these were made by teenage girls. Cutting is the most common form of self harm disclosed by young people (62%). There is often a trigger in the young person's life which leads them to self harm, these include, physical or sexual abuse, bullying, bereavement, family breakdown and exam stress. | |
| Health | Youthwork – November 2004 |
| An increasing number of young people pretend to take drugs in order to impress their friends. Research carried out by Frank, the free national drugs information service supported by the Department of Health, revealed that one in five teenagers lies about drug taking in order to fit in with their tribe. Boys are twice as likely as girls to succumb to this type of peer pressure. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Youthwork – November 2004 |
| 20 years ago was the launch of Band Aid, but even in 2004 Ethiopia still faces problems. Even during the good years after Band Aid some 4 million Ethiopians need food aid to prevent them from starving. In 2003 it was 13 million. In Darfur where the attention is now focused, there are 2 - 3 million at risk. | |
| Disasters/War | Third Sector – 13th October 2004 |
| The number of Christians in Africa has jumped from 144 million in 1970 to 367 million in 2000. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now – November 2004 |
| Scottish politician Dennis Canavan has launched a proposal to make St Andrew's Day a national holiday in Scotland. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Scottish Catholic Observer – August 13th 2004 |
| Scotland's Bishop have advised the Government that people of faith must be given an equal say in a new Commission on equality. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Scottish Catholic Observer – August 13th 2004 |
| Child slavery includes the commercial sexual exploitation of children through prostitution, trafficking and pornography. They are often kidnapped, bought or forced to enter the sex market. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates there are 246 million working children aged between 5 and 17 with 179 million working in the worst forms of child labour- that is one in every eight of the world's 5 to 17 year olds. | |
| Crime | Scottish Catholic Observer – August 13th 2004 |
| The Catholic church in Scotland has reported a pattern for recent years which shows falling Mass attendance, a catastrophic drop in the number of priests and seminarians, a large drop in the number of baptisms and figures which show that Catholic marriages have dropped by half. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Scottish Catholic Observer – August 13th 2004 |
| 35.1% of male drivers aged 18 to 20 have driven without insurance or a licence. 25.5% of 16 to 17 year old males have driven without insurance or a licence. 9.2% of 16 to 17 year old females have committed the same offence. 30% of males and 12% of females aged 21 to 25 have also offended. Approximately 16% of uninsured drivers get convicted each year. One in ten drivers has been involved in an accident with an uninsured driver. Uninsured drivers are up to nine times more likely to be involved in an accident. Uninsured drivers are more likely to be involved in hit and run collisions. | |
| Odd Facts | The War Cry – 18th September 2004 |
| A funded report estimates the number of dependent older people is set to grow by 113% from about 3 million in 2000 to 6.4 million in 2051. | |
| Social Issues | Third Sector - 15th September 2004 |
| Research has found that 31% of girls aged 15 and 16 were regular smokers compared with 16% of boys. Among adults, 27% of men and 25% of women smoke. The gap between the sexes has been narrowing for a decade as smoking rates among men have come down. | |
| Health | The Independent - 23rd September 2004 |
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