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| Christians Against Poverty, the debt advice service, has recently opened up 21 new centres, which drew criticism from militant secularist groups. There are now 218 centres around the country, with the new centres stretching from Glasgow to the Isle of Wight. However, this news provoked the ire of the militant secularist organisation, the National Secular Society, who put out a press release criticising the group. ‘This is another example of the Big Society in action,’ said Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society. ‘If you want services, then you may have to pray to get them. I don’t suppose CAP would turn people away on the basis that they refused to participate in prayers, but no doubt there are other organisations that would.’ | |
| Religious Persecution | Christianity, January 2013 |
| A swathe of retailers are at risk of going under in the new year after tough Christmas trading conditions have left nearly 140 firms in a critical condition, a report warned today. Consumer cutbacks and the increasing popularity of online retailers have seen a sharp rise in the number of firms in financial distress, according to research by business recovery group Begbies Traynor. The study found almost 140 firms were in a critical condition in the fourth quarter, meaning they are on the brink of collapse, while more than 13,700 were in “significant” distress – up 35 per cent during the three months to December 17. With quarterly rent payment due on Christmas Day, there are fears that many will be pushed into insolvency in 2013, following in the footsteps of recent high profile casualties Comet and JJB Sports. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel, December 24, 2012 |
| Nearly 100 more pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard have been discovered – in the same field as the original find. Archaeologists uncovered the Anglo-Saxon gold and silver after returning to the field at Hammerwich, near Lichfield, once it had been ploughed. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel, December 18, 2012 |
| Public green areas will be allowed to become ‘wildlife meadows’ as a council scales back its budget for grass cutting by more than £100,000, it has been revealed. Stoke-on-Trent City Council slashed its £202,000 budget for maintaining greenery by £46,000 this year, leading to large areas of grassland being left to go wild and less maintenance at sites like cemeteries. Now the authority wants to save another £113,000 by cutting back on summer-only grass-cutters and significantly reducing the amount of land it maintains. | |
| Money | The Sentinel, December 17, 2012 |
| Pensioner Don Evans has accused an animal rescue charity of ageism – after he was refused permission to adopt a dog. The respected 71-year-old, who was made an MBE for services to the community, wanted to look after an abandoned lurcher. But he was left angry and disappointed after the Animal Lifeline organisation in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent refused permission – claiming Don would not be able to offer the pet ‘at least 10 years of active life’. | |
| The Elderly | The Sentinel, December 17, 2012 |
| Top Tories, including Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have defied party traditionalists by launching a new group to campaign for gay marriage. The London mayor and Education Secretary are among more than a dozen senior figures backing moves to allow same-sex weddings to be held in places of worship. The issue has sparked a serious rift in the Conservative Party, with more than 100 of its MPs set to oppose the change. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel, December 10, 2012 |
| The husband of a pregnant woman who died in an Irish hospital has said he has no doubt she would be alive if she had been allowed an abortion. Savita Halappanavar’s family said she asked several times for her pregnancy to be terminated because she had severe back pain and was miscarrying. Her husband said that it was refused because there was a foetal heartbeat. Ms Halappanavar’s death, on 28 October, is the subject of two investigations. An autopsy carried out two days after her death found she was the subject of septicaemia. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, November 15, 2012 |
| Maria Miller, the minister for women, has backed calls for a reduction in the legal limit for abortions from 24 to 20 weeks, in accordance with advances in medical technology meaning that many very premature babies can now be saved. Miller, who calls herself ‘a very modern feminist’ says she has looked at the issue from the ‘important stance of the impact on women and children.’…Health secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would support a change in law to halve the abortion limit to 12 weeks. | |
| Health | Childrenswork, December 2012/January 2013 |
| A recent survey by Kellogg’s found that four out of five teachers see children going to school without having eaten any breakfast. Thought to be caused primarily by parental apathy and a lack of money, it had led to concern from teachers that this could cause wavering concentration and bad behaviour. Some teachers have even taken to bringing in their own food to give to hungry children. | |
| Education | Childrenswork, December 2012/January 2013 |
| Children are being given ‘unrealistic expectations’ of sex through exposure to internet pornography from as young as 11, research has revealed. The study of 1,000 young people, published by Plymouth University, warned that it was ‘common practice’ for school children to become desensitised to sexual images and that a third of people aged 16 to 24 found sex with their partners difficult as a consequence of what they had seen online. | |
| Young People | Childrenswork, December 2012/January 2013 |
| A report released by national charity 4Children says there is a ‘silent epidemic of drinking among British families’. ‘Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol’ also says that many parents remain oblivious to the negative effects that alcohol can have on their parenting. It revealed that only 9 per cent of parents recognise that drinking or drug use has a negative effect on family life. Nineteen per cent said alcohol had a positive effect on their ability to parent. The report also indicated that the wealthiest parents drank the most heavily. Households with the highest incomes were four times more likely to drink daily compared to the poorest households. | |
| Family | Childrenswork, December 2012/January 2013 |
| Out of two million older people in England with care-related needs, 800,000 receive no support from public or private-sector agencies. Spending cuts mean that this number may reach the one million mark between 2012 and 2014. Today, about 420,000 older people live in residential homes, a figure set to rise to 1.5 million in 2030. Yet some local authorities have cut costs by closing their own care homes, and privately run homes are beset by money problems. | |
| The Elderly | Third Way, December 2012 |
| On November 16, a high court judge ruled that bosses at a housing trust were wrong to demote a manager who said gay weddings in churches would be ‘an equality too far’. Adrian Smith, a Christian, made the remark outside work time on his personal Facebook page, which was not visible to the general public. But bosses at Trafford Housing Trust, near Manchester, took action against Mr Smith saying the comments amounted to ‘gross misconduct’ and could bring the Trust into disrepute. It emerged in evidence that the trust was worried it could lose a gay rights charter award unless it took action against Mr Smith. However, the judge, Mr Justice Briggs, said the Trust had no right to demote Mr Smith over his Facebook comments, and that the Trust’s actions were a ‘serious’ breach of his contract. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now, December 2012 |
| A judge controversially ruled on October 16 that Northern Ireland must allow gay couples to adopt children, despite widespread opposition. Northern Ireland’s health minister, Edwin Poots, has vowed to urgently appeal against the ruling, warning that it could hinder further adoption reforms. An official public consultation into whether to allow gay adoption in Northern Ireland showed that 95% of respondents were opposed to the move. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now, December 2012 |
| Brighton Council is thinking of banning the use of ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ in official documents in the name of equality, it was reported in mid-October. The proposal has been suggested following a council survey into the lives of transsexual residents. Deputy leader of the council, Phelim MacCafferty, said: ‘Trans people aren’t necessarily male or female and sometimes they don’t want to be defined by their gender’. | |
| Social Issues | Evangelicals Now, December 2012 |
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