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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Ministers are to look again at cautions and on-the-spot fines, amid fears serious criminals are escaping justice. Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced the review of out-of-court punishments after criticism from senior police officers and prosecutors. The decision came after it was revealed up to 40,000 offenders were escaping with a caution every year, including rapists and violent thugs.
Crime	The Sentinel – 10th November 2009



President Barack Obama gave a delicate but pointed reminder to China about its poor human rights record at the start of his first visit to the country. He nudged its leaders to stop censoring internet access, offering an animated defence of the tool that helped him win the White House and suggesting Beijing need not fear a little criticism. Mr Obama couched his criticisms with words calling for co-operation, heavy with praise and humility.
World Issues	The Sentinel – 17th November 2009



Police are failing to send officers out to investigate more than a third of crimes committed in Staffordshire. Latest figures show 35% of the 85,000 reported crimes in the county were dismissed as unsolvable after initial phone conversations with victims last year. Officers are shelving cases as a way of focusing resources on areas and incidents where arrests are more likely to be made. The Staffordshire force received 85,237 reports of crime over the course of the last financial year. But only 55,405 were fully investigated at the scene, with the remaining 29,832 put on hold after a telephone-based assessment of the evidence.
Crime	The Sentinel – 30th November 2009



An extra £100 million has been allocated by the Government to provide around 15,000 extra primary schools places, it was announced today. Schools Secretary Ed Balls said the cash had been added to £200 million from rising birth rates or unexpected population rises in some areas, resulting in high demand for places.
Education	The Sentinel – 30th November 2009



New abortion statistics for Europe have placed the United Kingdom ahead of every other country in the Union. With 219,336 terminations taking place in 2007, the UK outstripped its nearest contender, France, by nearly 10,000, despite France’s higher population. Worldwide, Britain is fifth in the abortion league tables, behind only Russia, American, India and Japan. The figures, complied by the Norway-based Institute for Family Policies from statistics provided by the European Union’s statistical unit, Eurostat, revealed that European abortion numbers equate to the combined population of the 10 smallest member states.
Health	The Universe – 22nd November 2009



Commons Leader Harriet Harman said yesterday she was “happy to condemn” banks that had been bailed out by the state and still expected to “award themselves massive bonuses”. The Government has warned it might veto the size of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s bonus pool, thought to have increased by 50% to £1.5 billion. Ms Harman said there should be “restraint on bonuses” and the government had been “clear” on that.
Money	The Sentinel – 4th December 2009



New targets to improve the accuracy of scans seeking out Down’s Syndrome babies have been described as ‘barbaric’ by pro-life charity Life. Life spokesman Nuala Scarisbrick said: “Committee member Professor Cameron claims to want to standardise scans around the country, but this is just spin. The truth behind this headline is that they want ever more effective and accurate ways to get rid of ‘imperfect’ babies. Ms Scarisbrick said she was not sure whether wider society knew about the sheer scale of abortions being carried out in the grounds of disability. She pointed to places such as Zöe’s Place baby hospices which care for babies with multiple special needs and life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, saying: “This is the way forward and way worthy of a compassionate and civilised society.”
Health	The Universe – 29th November 2009



Gordon Brown has ditched plans to scrap tax relief on childcare vouchers after pressure from Labour backbenchers. Mr Brown had said the relief would be phased out from 2011 to fund free nursery places for two-year-olds. Instead, tax relief on vouchers will be applied at the basic rate of 20%.
Money	The Sentinel – 4th December 2009



A churchwarden of 15 years’ standing has resigned after he was found to be a member of the BNP. David North says the resignation was forced on him after the Diocese of Leicester said his views were “incompatible” with Christianity. He had been churchwarden at the Frisby on the Wreake village church of St Thomas of Canterbury on two separate occasions over the last 15 years and has been a member of the BNP for much of that time. “After many years of service to my church, I feel very let down to be asked to resign as churchwarden. I have done nothing illegal whatsoever. To be asked to resign because I’m a member of the BNP hurts. I have done nothing wrong.”
Politics	The Church of England Newspaper – 30th November 2009



Dogs are helping to save the lives of other pets by giving blood for use in veterinary operations. About 15 dogs were brought by their owners to donate blood at the session held yesterday. Canines have only been allowed to give blood for the past two years, since a change in the law regarding storage of animal blood. Since then, the charity Pet Blood Bank UK has been busy up and down the country, collecting blood to be used in life-saving operations.
Odd Facts	The Sentinel – 9th December 2009



The Director of the Islamic Centre of England has called for British Muslims serving in the armed forces to quit the services, as it is ‘haram’, forbidden for them to fight fellow Muslims. In an interview with The Times, Abdolhossein Moezi, who serves as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s Special Envoy to Britain, said Muslims could not serve in Western armies when those armies were engaged in fighting Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Politics	The Church of England Newspaper – 27th November 2009



Aid agencies have welcomed Gordon Brown’s pledge to ensure the UK government spends 0.7% of national income on international development aid by 2013.
Money	Christianity – December 2009



Global warming is the new faith of the Church of England, a Tory MEP declared last week. Writing in the Leicester Mercury on Nov 16, East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer stated the “Church of England seems to have abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new religion of climate alarmism instead.” Former Anglican priest GP Taylor, that “many bishops spend more time preaching about climate change than preaching a gospel of salvation” and that the Church of England had become the “spiritual arm of New Labour.” The Bishop of Leicester told the Independent he was “surprised and saddened” by Mr Helmer’s remarks.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper – 27th November 2009



Sir John Scarlett, who drew up the Government’s Iraq dossier, has said Tony Blair’s claim of weapons of mass destruction was “overtly political”. Sir John, who was the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, has told the official inquiry into the war he felt he regarded the dossier’s foreword as separate to the main report.
Politics	The Sentinel – 9th December 2009



Assisted suicide must never be deemed to be acceptable or commendable, but sometimes those involved should not be prosecuted, the Church has said in its response to the Director of Public Prosecutions’ Consultation. Kier Starmer QC issued his interim policy on assisted suicide in September, and invited the public to respond before finalising the policy on which factors would be involved when deciding whether people involved in assisting another to commit suicide should be prosecuted. The Church responded: “We recognise that some people will believe that they may best express genuine compassion by assisting a loved one to commit suicide. As we have stated, we do not agree that compassion is best expressed in this way but neither do we believe that prosecution is appropriate in all cases.
Religion/Spirituality	The Church of England Newspaper – 27th November 2009

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