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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Facebook has been accused of fueling ‘friendship addictions’ and fostering insecurities, especially among teenage girls and young women, according to leading psychologist. David Smallwood, an addictions expert with the Priory, says the social networking site has the power to dent self-esteem and creates an unhealthy obsession around building large friends lists. Women are particularly vulnerable because their self-worth often stems from relationships with others and facebook ‘compels them to ‘acquire’ hundreds of friends’, warned Smallwood.
Health	Youthwork – January



Ministers were urged to limit the use of Taser guns today after new figures emerged showing Taser-linked deaths. Amnesty International said 334 people have died in the U.S. since 2001 after being shot by the weapons. A spokesman for the campaign group said the weapons were “open to abuse”. The Government announced last month it would issue 10,000 weapons and give them to non-firearms officers.
	The Sentinel December 16th 2008



The Youth Citizenship Commision (YCC) is researching whether the voting age should be lowered to 16 to encourage young people to be more involved in the political process. A consultation paper has been sent to a wide range of organisations interested in youth and voting issues across the UK.
Young People	Youthwork – January



Thousands of people with a devastating eye disease could have their sight saved by a drug being made available on the NHS under new guidelines published today. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended the drug Lucentis after performing a U-turn on draft guidance published last year. This follows a move by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to fund the drug.
Health	The Sentinel - August 27th



The Government should simplify and modernise election rules to prevent “micro- managing”, a watchdog said today. Instead of the head of household registering voters, the Electoral Commission said voters should act independently. Under the proposals voters could be required to take photographic ID to the ballot box to help detect fraud.
Social Issues	The Sentinel - August 27th 2008



Overweight people need to face up to reality and live healthily, the Tories said today. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said it was time to “take away the excuses” of biology and environment and get people to exercise and eat more fruit and vegetables.
Health	The Sentinel - August 27th



Allowing bars and pubs to serve alcohol around the clock has largely failed to tackle late night violence, say police, councils and the NHS. According to a survey published today by the Local Government Association (LGA), nearly one in three NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) report an increase in alcohol-related incidents since the 2003 Licensing Act. Half of police authorities say that far from creating the promised continental- style café culture in the UK, the new laws have simply pushed alcohol-related violence later into the evening. Seven in ten police authorities, PCTs and councils say that 24 hour drinking has either increased or failed to change levels of alcohol-related incidents. And councils say that £100 million in taxpayers’ money has been paid out to implement the changes.
Crime	Prayer Magazine - July



Calls for religious conversion to be made a “heinous crime” are coming from Hindu nationalist organisations in India. Christians working in that country have denied claims that money and force are used to produce conversions, pointing out that most Christian preachers are Indians.
Religion/Spirituality	Protestant Truth - September-October



Muslims do not respect Christians who compromise their faith or water down their beliefs, according to the Bishop of Lichfield. A flabby Christianity, too timid to be true to its central beliefs, is a poor dialogue partner, declares Bishop Jonathan Gledhill.
Religion/Spirituality	Protestant Truth - September-October



Same-sex marriages are now legal in California, following a ruling that a ban on these was contrary to the American constitution and therefore illegal.
World Issues	Protestant Truth - September-October



Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher’s daughter Carol has revealed details of her mother’s struggle with dementia. In her new book Carol Thatcher said she first noticed her mother’s failing memory while the pair had lunch in 2000 and also disclosed that she had to repeatedly break the news of her father Sir Denis’s death to her mother.
Health	The Sentinel - August 25th



Jamie Oliver has delivered a stinging attack on Britain’s booze culture and poor cuisine. In an interview with French magazine Paris Match, the chief suggests that people in the UK care more about getting drunk, rather than eating well. He adds that there is a better variety of food in the slums of South Africa than in English towns and cities.
Food and Drink	The Sentinel - August 26th



Babies born by caesarean section are 20% more likely to become insulin dependant diabetics in childhood, say researchers. Although the reason for the link is not clear, scientists believe exposure to hospital bacteria may be involved. Childhood infections, along with genetics, are already known to play an important role in the development of type 1 diabetes.
Health	The Sentinel - August 26th



The vertebra of an Ice Age rhinoceros has been unearthed at a water park by a five year old girl on a day out. Emelia Fawbert found the fossilised remains at the Cotswold Water Park near Cirencester, goucestershire, during an organised fossil hunt. Emelia and her father James, 33, from Bussage, near Stroud, dug up the vertebra of the wolly rhino which roamed the area about 50,000 years ago.
Young People	The Sentinel - November 5th

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