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Boko Haram has killed well over 20,000 people according to the 2016 UN records. '14.8 million Nigerians from Northeast are directly impacted by the crisis. Officially there are 2.2 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)’, a report says, but unofficial records put the figure at around 7 million. 14 million people in the region have been impacted by the radical Islamic terror group’s insurgency.
Disasters/War	EvangelicalsNow - June 2018



Up to half of the millennial generation could still be renting in their 40s and a third could be “retiree renters”, a report warns. The Resolution Foundation think-tank said that if home ownership growth in Britain follows the “weak pattern” of the 2000s, up to half of those born between 1981 and 2000 could be renting in their 40s and a third could still be renting by the time they are pension age.
Housing	The Sentinel - 17th April 2018



Just seven per cent of UK adults are practising Christians, meaning they pray and read the Bible at least weekly and attend church services at least monthly. In England 22 per cent of adults and 27 per cent of youth believe Jesus Christ is a mythical or fictional character, rather than an actual person who existed in human history.
Religion/Spirituality	Premier Christianity - June 2018



German discounter Aldi now stocks the largest proportion of sustainable seafood products of all UK supermarkets as overall sales jumped 60% in the last two years. Just under 80% of Aldi’s seafood range is certified sustainable, in comparison with Marks & Spencer’s 19%, according to the annual Supermarket Sustainable Seafood League table published by the Marine Stewardship Council.
Food and Drink	The Sentinel - 18th April 2018



Over two thousand children were referred to the NHS’ gender identity clinic in the past year, prompting fresh concerns that more and more young people are being pushed into transsexualism...The figures are a 25 per cent increase from the previous year, with girls outnumbering boys by more than two to one.
Young People	The Christian Institute - 23rd May 2018



Sex trafficking is taking place on an “industrial scale” across England and Wales as the government’s strategy for tackling the issue fails to deliver, new research claims. A report finds so-called “pop-up brothels” – premises rented for short periods of time to sexually exploit women – are widespread, with hundreds of vulnerable women, predominantly from Eastern Europe, being supplied by trafficking gangs into residential properties in order to be sexually exploited by British men.
Crime	Independent - 20th May 2018



Four-fifths (80%) of the Post Office Travel Money’s top 40 best-selling currencies are now weaker against sterling than a year ago. Sterling’s biggest year-on-year gains have been against the Turkish lira and the Russian ruble.
Money	The Sentinel - 19th April 2018



Twenty years after the United Nations first laid out the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), millions are still languishing in “protracted crises” without the funding to meet their basic humanitarian needs, William Lacy Swing, the head of the UN’s International Organisation for Migration, said on Tuesday. The number of IDPs had almost doubled since 1998, to 40 million.
World Issues	Church Times - 20th April 2018



Three out of 10 hospitals charge staff for car parking, new figures show. Doctors and nurses are expected to pay at 348 out of the 1,175 hospitals with parking facilities, according to NHS data. The highest average charge for staff is £2 per hour at both Edgware Community Hospital, London and Birmingham Children’s Hospital, analysis by motoring research charity the RAC Foundation revealed.
Money	The Sentinel - 9th April 2018



The Trussell Trust said its network distributed more than 1.3 million three-day food supplies in the year to March, a 13% increase on the previous 12 months. Almost half a million went to children, said the trust, which runs more than 400 foodbanks.
Food and Drink	The Sentinel – 24th April 2018



Military crackdowns and escalating human-rights abuses in Myanmar last August forced about one million Rohingya people to abandon their homes and cross the border into Bangladesh. Most of this group reside in camps in the city of Cox’s Bazar – the largest refugee settlement in the world.
Disasters/War	Church Times – 4th May 2018



Nearly two-thirds of doctors believe that patient safety has deteriorated over the past year, according to a report. The Royal College of Physicians found four out of five (80%) are worried about the ability of their service to deliver safe patient care in the next 12 months. The report found 64% of doctors believe that patient safety has deteriorated over the past year -10% higher than last year.
Health	The Sentinel – 12th March 2018



University vice-chancellors earn far more than those in leadership roles elsewhere in the public sector, it has been reported. According to analysis, their salaries were well above those taken home by chief executives of councils and NHS hospital trusts across several major cities in England. University bosses’ pay continues to be put under the spotlight, with growing concerns over spiralling salary hikes, with several high-profile figures calling restraint.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel - 13th March 2018



At the age of 11, children from the poorest 20 per cent of households are four times more likely to have a serious mental-health difficulty than those in the wealthiest 20 per cent.
Young People	Church Times – 18th May 2018



One in three adults struggle with basic maths tasks such as working out change on a shopping trip, according to new study. It suggests that adults in England and Northern Ireland perform worse on everyday numeracy tasks than those in many other countries.
Money	The Sentinel - 15th March 2018

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