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| Homelessness charity Crisis was warned against campaigning against government policies by Andrew Lansley when he was leader of the House of Commons, the charity's former director of policy and public affairs said this week. | |
| Politics | Civil Society News - 2nd October 2014 |
| Pupils at schools around Brighton and Hove have been offered tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during lessons as part of a sexual health programme. | |
| Young People | The Christian Institute - 26th September 2014 |
| Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has released statistics which show eight per cent of people struggled to pay for hot water due to debt. Of those polled, half said they hadn't enough money to heat their home and a quarter said they couldn't always afford to cook hot meals. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 26th September 2014 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for talks to discuss “statehood” for eastern Ukraine. He said the issue needed to be discussed to ensure the interest of local people “are definitely upheld”. His comments came after the EU gave Russia a one-week ultimatum to reverse course in Ukraine or face sanctions. | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel, 1st September, 2014 |
| British-born jihadists in Iraq and Syria could be temporarily banned from returning to the UK under plans being considered by the government. UK nationals suspected of being involved in terror acts could be allowed to keep their British citizenship. But they would be prevented from re-entering the UK for a period of time. David Cameron will set out plans to counter the threat posed by Islamic State militants to MPs today. At least 500 people from the UK are thought to have gone to fight in Syria. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel, 1st September, 2014 |
| A Miley Cyrus concert in the Dominican Republic has been banned on morality grounds. The government commission in charge of public performances said it took the action because Cyrus ‘undertakes acts that go against morals and customs, which are punishable by Dominican law’. Critics have declared some of her onstage antics as vulgar. | |
| Entertainment | Weekend Sentinel, 23rd August, 2014 |
| JustGiving page for Manchester Dogs' Home receives four donations a second. JustGiving has said that donations going to an appeal for the Manchester Dogs' Home following an arson attack has doubled its previous record for the highest number of donations per hour. | |
| Money | Civil Society News - 15th September 2014 |
| Children raised in marital homes are better behaved than those brought up by unmarried parents, according to major research funded by the Department for Education. The study of around 3,000 children aged three to 16 found that those with married parents showed lower levels of anti-social attitudes and hyperactivity. They were also more confident, kind and responsible, according to the research from the University of Oxford and the University of London. | |
| Family | The Christian Institute - 12th September 2014 |
| One-sixth of Britons say that they have taken part in an ice bucket challenge, while one in ten said that they donated to charity as a result of the challenge, according to a new poll out today. | |
| Money | Civil Society News - 12th September 2014 |
| The Liberal Democrats are calling for children as young as seven to receive compulsory sex and relationships education in state schools across England. Under the proposals, which will appear in the Liberal Democrat General Election Manifesto, all schools would be required to offer sex education to pupils in Key Stage 2 - including children aged seven to 11. | |
| Education | Christian Concern - 29th August 2014 |
| Sharing family meals can help protect teenagers from the distressing effects of cyberbullying, according to a new study. Researchers from the US and Canada asked nearly 19,000 12 to 18-year-olds in the state of Wisconsin questions about their experience of cyberbullying and a range of issues, including mental health and substance abuse problems...But eating four or more family dinners per week almost halved the risk of cyberbullying victims developing mental health or substance abuse problems. | |
| Young People | The Christian Institute - 5th September 2014 |
| New figures reveal that in Scotland, over 3,500 girls under the age of consent have been given long-term contraception. According to freedom of information requests highlighted by the Scottish Daily Mail, schoolgirls as young as twelve have had contraceptive devices implanted into their arms. The figures, taken from five health boards across Scotland, show that in many cases this took place without parental consent. | |
| Young People | The Christian Institute - 5th September 2014 |
| A federal court judge has ruled that the United States constitution does not stop the state of Louisiana from defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. | |
| The Law | The Christian Institute - 5th September 2014 |
| Britain is at risk of being “sanitised” of faith because an “aggressive form of secularism” in workplaces and public bodies is forcing Christians to hide their beliefs, a former attorney general has warned. Dominic Grieve said he found it “quite extraordinary” that people were being sacked or disciplined for expressing their beliefs at work. | |
| Religious Persecution | The Telegraph - 23rd August 2014 |
| The number of babies who are surviving after being born at 23 weeks is increasing, new figures have revealed. The statistics show that at least 120 babies survived after being born at 23 weeks over the past four years. Last year, six of eight babies born at 23 weeks at the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust survived after being admitted to the neonatal unit for treatment. Six of seven babies born at 23 weeks at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and given life saving treatment also survived. All five born at 23 weeks at North Bristol NHS Trust last year also lived. In 2011, 565 babies were aborted at 23 weeks’ gestation. | |
| Family | Christian Concern - 5th September 2014 |
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