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Ministers have ordered a new £45m campaign to shock teenagers into using condoms, as Britain's worsening sexual disease epidemic is revealed in new figures this week. The number of sexually transmitted infections will be shown to be heading for one million a year in an official report released on Thursday. Ministers - disturbed by evidence that up to one-fifth of young men now have Chlamydia - believe "shock tactics", last used to raise awareness of HIV in the 1980's, are needed. If undetected, Chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammation, infertility and, in women, greater risk of ectopic pregnancy.
Sex	The Independent – 21st November 2004



Drug abuse is widespread at British secondary schools, according to a survey of more than 1,000 teenage girls. 71% told a poll by Cosmogirl that cannabis was regularly used at their schools, despite a wealth of anti-drug messages from the Government. The poll shows that a third of its readers smoke, says the magazine, while more than half drink, most of them illegally - results which will dismay ministers whose recently published White Paper on health attempts to cut down consumption of both tobacco and alcohol.
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	The Independent – 21st November 2004



Universities should hold back up to 35,000 places a year until A-level results come out in an attempt to attract more working class students, the director of the government backed Office for Fair Access to Higher Education said yesterday. Sir Martin Harris signalled his backing for plans for all universities to withhold "between 5 and 10%" of the 350,000 annual entry until August, when pupils learn their results.
Education	The Independent – 9th November 2004



Better financial education is needed to encourage the 46% of Britons who currently have no investments to start saving. A study found that educating people is the key to persuading people to invest more.
Money	The Sentinel – 10th November 2004



Most people believe the local pub is far more important to their community than the church, according to a survey published today. Just 14.6% of those questioned said the local church contributed most to the community in which they live, just ahead of the neighbourhood post office (11%) and behind the nearest shop (16.4%). The pub, in comparison, was considered the greatest asset to the community by 58.1% of the 1,300 adults in the survey.
Religion/Spirituality	The Sentinel – 10th November 2004



Scientists fear that global warming has led to a dramatic decline in stocks of krill, which is a key food for Antarctic seals, whales and penguins. New data shows krill numbers have fallen by about 80% since the 1970's..Statistical examination suggests the reason for the decline is a reduction in the amount of winter sea ice in an area northeast of the Antarctic peninsula - just below the southern tip of South America - where the krill population is concentrated. Krill feed on algae found on the ice: without it they starve. And it is that area which has displayed a strong warming trend over the past 50 years.
Environment	The Independent – 4th November 2004



The number of children in jail is to be cut by 10% after criticism over the incarceration of young offenders, the Government's Youth Justice Board said yesterday. Nearly 30 children aged between 10 and 17 have died in custody since 1990. A damning report by MPs said the £283m annual bill for jailing young people is largely wasted, with most committing more crimes after release. The board plans to reduce the number of jailed children in that age range from 2,700 to 2,420 by March 2007, "through additional and better delivered alternatives to custody". These will include greater use of electronic tagging, with youths offered education and therapy as an alternative to custody.
Crime	The Independent – 4th November 2004



Every year 5,000 patients in hospitals in Britain die from an infection acquired after they were admitted. Up to 100,000 more - almost one in 10 in-patients - endure extended illness, pain and suffering caused by bugs they contract in the place where they came for a cure. The number of deaths exceeds that from road accidents, and that from drugs and HIV/Aids combined. Our rate of infection is among the highest in the world, above that of Australia, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain. It costs the NHS more than £1bn a year.
Health	The Independent – 7th December 2004



Antidepressant drugs have been over-prescribed to hundreds of thousands of people with mild depression in whom the risk of side effects outweighs the benefits, Britain's chief medicines regulator said yesterday..About 3.5 million people are estimated to take SSRI's in any one year and 19 million prescriptions for the drugs were issued in 2003..The popularity of the drugs, which include brands such as Prozac and Seroxat, has soared since they were launched in the late 1980's. They were heavily promoted by drug companies as safer and with fewer side effects than the older tricyclic antidepressants. But reports of patients committing suicide days after starting the drugs and suffering withdrawal symptoms when they stopped taking them came to light in the 1990's.
Health	The Independent – 7th December 2004



Much of the nations heritage remains in a perilous state, according to a report out today. The report, published by English Heritage, makes available for the first time details of more than 17,000 listed buildings at risk.
Environment	The Sentinel – 15th December 2004



Laser eye surgery should not be used routinely in the NHS due to concerns over its long-term safety, a treatment watchdog said today. The procedure has become popular in recent years to treat long and short-sighted patients.
Health	The Sentinel – 15th December 2004



Teenagers respect the Queen more than any other public figure, according to a new survey by the Samaritans. Some 42% of teenagers favoured the Queen compared with 30% who chose pop star Robbie Williams.
Young People	The Sentinel – 16th December 2004



Couch potatoes can get help to improve their health from the comfort of their sofa with the launch of the NHS Direct Interactive digital service today. It will provide advice of subjects including diet, sexual health and smoking.
Health	The Sentinel – 16th December 2004



Global warming could mean last year's record breaking European heat-wave is seen as "unusually cool" in the future. A report from the Met office says man-made climate change has already doubled the risk of such heat-waves.
Environment	The Sentinel – 16th December 2004



British Muslims are being subjected to an unprecedented level of prejudice, a report suggested today. A total of 80% of people surveyed for the report by the Islamic Human Rights Commission said they had experienced discrimination. This is nearly double the figure for 2000 of 45% and cuts across all ages and genders, the organisation said.
Religious Persecution	The Sentinel – 16th December 2004

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