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| A programme to tackle teenage knife crime has seen no reduction in the number of killings. The Tackling Knives Action Programme launched in 10 police areas in July last year, saw a 17% reduction in knife-related violence against under-20s. However, the number of under-20s killed by knives did not change. There were 23 deaths during the time of the scheme, the same as last year. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel- 22 July 2009 |
| Six out of ten teenagers believe religion ‘has a negative influence on the world’ and 55% say family, friends, money and entertainment are more important. This is according to a survey of 1,000 teenagers for Penguin Books published in June. Half of teenagers claim they have never prayed and 16% have never been to church. Three in ten believes in an after life, whilst one in ten believes in reincarnation. | |
| Young People | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| Brazilian footballers have been told not to make any overt displays of Christianity by the sport’s governing body. FIFA has told players such as Real Madrid midfielder Kaka` and FC Bayern München defender Lucio, who appeared with T-shirts under their team shirts carrying the slogans ‘I Belong To Jesus’ and ‘I Love God’ during the Confederations Cup final in June, that they will be disciplined if they display overt symbols of religion, which are not permitted by FIFA rules. A warning letter was sent to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) regarding both Catholic and Protestant players wearing slogans. Kaka` and Lucio are among several Protestants in the Brazilian team. | |
| World Issues | Salvationist- 2009 |
| More than 80% of Britons favour a cap on immigration, the Government’s own survey has revealed. Despite ministers ruling out a cap, a Home Office poll of attitudes towards people coming to the UK found overwhelming support for a strict limit on immigrant numbers. A total of 81% of those asked by pollsters favoured, while only 13% said they opposed one. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 23 July 2009 |
| Methodists could be barred from joining the groups such as the British National Party (BNP). This was after the 2009 Conference meeting in Wolverhampton resolved that being a member of organisations whose constitutions, aims or objectives promote racism is ‘not consistent with being a Methodist’. As well as being at odds with Methodist Church membership, affiliation with racist organisations is also ‘inconsistent’ with being employed to represent or speak on behalf of the Church, declared the conference. The Methodist Church is believed to be the first UK denomination to back such a move, which regularly targets, but is not limited to, the BNP. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Salvationist- July 2009 |
| Kendal Town Council could face legal action from one of its councillors over its traditional prayers before meetings, it was reported. Green Party councillor Enda Farrell wants the prayers scrapped or held in a different room as a matter of ‘equality’. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| The BBC Trust is considering whether it should make Radio 4 open up its ‘Thought For The Day’ slot to non-religious views. Speaking on the feedback programme, Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer said the Trust would come to “some kind of conclusion” later this year about the issue. A number of campaigners and listeners have argues that the slot on the Today programme should cover secular and humanist views as well as the major world religions. | |
| Media | Radio Magazine- July 2009 |
| A unique Welsh language Catholic book of devotion, the remarkable work of 17th century recusants from the principality, has been rediscovered in a Paris library, after apparently being ‘lost’ for two centuries. Entitled ‘Drych Cydwybod – The Mirror of Conscience’ – the rare book was written and printed in France at a time when the production of Catholic literature in Wales was punishable by death. Copies were smuggled into the principality and secretly distributed to Welsh recusants. | |
| Odd Facts | The Universe- July 2009 |
| There are more than 85 unofficial shari’a ‘courts’ operating within the UK, a Civitas report revealed in late June. The courts can have their rulings upheld by civil courts in England and Wales under the 1996 Arbitration Act. There are increasing concerns about the way in which the courts operate, and particularly over their treatment of women. The report, entitled ‘Shari’a Law Or One Law For All?’ calls for a new law to stop shari’a rulings from being legally enforceable. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham has called on the Government to simplify the gift aid system to help charities. Bishop George Cassidy argued it was important to encourage wider take-up before the end in 2011 of transitional relief, a scheme that protects charities from the impact of the drop in the basic rate of income tax. | |
| Church | Church Of England- July 2009 |
| Plans to raise the school leaving age are causing anger and resentment among some teenagers who believe they will be confined to classroom studying subjects they are not interested in. A third of teenagers (31%) are against studying in education until the age of 18, a study by the Youth Commission found. Under new legislation, the school leaving age would be raised to 17 by 2013, and 18 by 2015. | |
| Education | The Sentinel- 21 July 2009 |
| A £5.9 million Government scheme to help cut teenage pregnancies among disadvantaged teenagers failed when numbers actually increased, research out today suggests. The Young People’s Department Programme (YPDP) ran in 27 parts of England between 2004 and 2007, based on a similar model in New York. It was designed to support young people aged 13 to 15, but 16% of the 2,371 teens fell pregnant, compared to 6% in a youth programme without special help. | |
| Sex | The Sentinel- 8 July 2009 |
| Police forces and councils need to tell the public more about what they are doing to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. That is the view of Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s neighbourhood justice co-ordinator Graeme Drayton, who has urged the authority to help make residents feel safer in their communities by telling them about local successes in the fight against crime. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel- 7 July 2009 |
| Christians in India are heaving a sigh of relief after the rout of a Hindu Nationalist Party in national and state assembly elections in Orissa state, a scene of anti-Christian carnage and arson last year. The ruling centrist party won a second term when results of the five-part election were declared on may 16. Concerns over persecution of minorities remain. “The election result is a statement against the persecution of non-Hindus,” said Vijay Simha, a journalist and political analyst. “There were a string of incidents against non-Hindus, which were principally enacted by right-wing outfits. Since the vote went against right-wing parties, the result is a strong rejection of extremist religious programs”. | |
| Religious Persecution | Charisma And Christian Life- July 2009 |
| Claims that immigrants are given priority access to social housing were today dismissed as a myth by a study for the Equality and Human Rights Commission. It found that only 1.8% of social tenants had moved to the UK within the past five years, while 87.8% were UK-born and a tenth of foreigners who had lived in Britain for five years. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel- 7 July 2009 |
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