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| Doctors should be free to act in accordance with their consciences and should be able to pray for patients, participants in the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual meeting in Liverpool were told. A number of BMA’s divisions, and the BMA’s Agenda Committee, put forward motions implicitly critical of the suspension of Baptist nurse Caroline Petrie for praying with patients. The Agenda Committee said that ‘offering to pray for a patient should not be grounds for suspension’, and called on Health Departments ‘to allow appropriate consensual discussion of spiritual matters within the NHS, when done with respect for the views and sensitivities of individuals’. | |
| Health | Salvationist- July 2009 |
| A petition signed by 20,000 Christians concerned about the possible gagging of free speech was handed to the Queen on Tuesday. The petitioners are worried that Clause 61 of the Coroners and Justice Bill is an attempt by the government to make it illegal for people to teach a literalist version of the Bible’s teaching on sexuality. Those signing are also concerned about plans by a small group of peers who are trying to legalise assisted suicide by tabling amendments to the same bill. Andrea Minchiello Williams, barrister and founder of CCFON and CLC, delivered a copy to Buckingham Palace at 12.30pm and an hour later delivered it to Downing Street. | |
| Religious Persecution | Church of England- July 2009 |
| A Labour MP has said he is relieved that the Government has backed down on plans to make national identity cards compulsory. Ministers had claimed the cards would counter the threat of international terrorism and other serious crime. However, Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Mark Fisher said he felt the Government’s argument never made sense. He said “This was a draft and unpopular policy which has cost the best part of £1 billion and would have cost many times that – to no good end. I’m pleased common sense has prevailed”. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 8 July 2009 |
| The BNP is facing the threat of a legal injunction which could lead to fines or even imprisonment over a potential breach of race discrimination law relating to its membership policies. The Equality and Human Rights Commission gave the party until 20th July to amend its constitution to make sure it did not discriminate against members on grounds of race. Earlier the party said the move was politically motivated. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 24 June 2009 |
| The Prince of Wales cost the taxpayer almost 25 per cent more last year, his accounts have revealed. Money from Parliament’s grants-in-aid and Government departments increased his costs by more than £500,000 from £2.45 million to £3 million. Two long-haul foreign tours, which came to more than £1 million in total, were mostly responsible. Taxpayers pay for his official air and rail travel, residences and communication. | |
| Money | The Sentinel- 24 June 2009 |
| As many as 58 per cent of Britain’s A-roads and 25 per cent of motorways fail to rate as safe, according to a survey by the Road Safety Foundation. Single-carriageway A-roads were rated as the most dangerous. A 7.5-mile stretch of the A537 from Macclesfield, Cheshire, to Buxton, Derbyshire remains as one of the most lethal. | |
| Odd Facts | The Sentinel- 25 June 2009 |
| The inquiry into the Iraq War will be able to lay blame, as David Miliband accepted another concession. The Foreign Secretary said that it would “praise or blame whoever it likes” despite Prime Minister Gordon Brown telling MPs last week that was not its role. Mr Miliband’s assurances helped the Government see off a backbench revolt over the inquiry arrangements, although its majority was slashed to 39 after 19 Labour MPs, including Mark Fisher, Stoke-on-Trent Central, and Paul Farrelly, Newcastle, voted against it. | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel- 25 June 2009 |
| Drinkers in pubs and clubs will have a torch shined on them to detect traces of cocaine in the latest police move to stamp out drugs. Police in North Staffordshire are to trial five of the devices, which could be used to prevent drug users from entering Newcastle’s clubs and bars. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel- 25 June 2009 |
| BBC executives claimed more than £350,000 in expenses in the last five years. Claims included more than £2,000 to fly director general Mark Thompson’s family home from holiday in the wake of the Andrew Sachs row. Following inquiries under the Freedom of Information Act, the corporation revealed bosses spent public cash on luxury hotels, champagne, “thank you” dinners, parties and even a private plane. Twenty-seven executives earn more than the Prime Minister’s £195,000 salary. | |
| Media | The Sentinel- 26 June 2009 |
| A tenth of deaths in Europe and one in twenty-five worldwide can be attributed to drinking alcohol, a report said today. Alcohol also accounted for five per cent of years lived with disability around the world, said researchers. The findings, published in The Lancet medical journal, found that average global alcohol consumption was around 12 units per person per week. A pint of mild beer contains two units as does a large glass of wine. In Europe, people drink 21.5 units a week – almost twice the world average – while average consumption in the U.S.A. is 18 units. | |
| Health | The Sentinel- 26 June 2009 |
| Two policemen convicted of killing a Christian in Giza in May received only a five-year prison sentence for what lawyers have called the cold blooded murder of a Copt who stood up for his rights. On 25 May, Giza Criminal Court sentenced the two policemen for the manslaughter of Nasser Gadallah, 29, in 2007. Police said he jumped out of the window in an effort to escape, but family members who were eye-witnesses said the officers beat Gadallah and pushed him out of the window intentionally because he was a Christian who had filed a complaint against the police. The court however, determined that Gadallah died form the officers beating him, and that they did not intend to kill him. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| A Dutch MP, banned from the UK because of his views on Islamic extremism, saw his party gain 17% of the vote and come second in the European elections at the beginning of June. Geert Wilders was sent home from Heathrow in February over his views on Islamic extremism. The international headlines about his ban from Britain reportedly contributed to his party’s surge in popularity. Dutch officials were furious that a member of their parliament had been refused entry into Britain. | |
| Politics | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| The Catholic Church was aware of long-term sexual abuse of children in Ireland’s church and state run institutions, a report revealed in May. The report from the Child Abuse Commission detailed sexual, physical and emotional abuse of thousands of children in the church’s care during the last 70 years. The inquiry produced specific findings against 216 church-run institutions. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| Hindu Extremists attacked Christians in Mondakal relief camp in Kandhamal on May 11. Under cover of darkness, extremists tried to enter the camp where about 1,500 Christian refugees have stayed since last August’s anti-Christian violence. The Hindu hardliners attacked Swasti Nayak, a Christian who was standing near the camp’s main gate, leaving him with minor injuries. Police patrolling the camp intervened soon after, keeping the crowd of attackers at bay. | |
| World Issues | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| More than 30 House Church leaders were arrested at a house church gathering in Langzhong city, Sichuan Province, in June. Thirteen leaders were given 15 days of administrative detention, and five were placed under criminal detention. The others were released. Pastors Gao Guofu, Li Ming, Zhang Guofen, Gu Lianpeng and Yu Zhipeng, the five leaders who received criminal detention, are likely to face a formal criminal indictment of up to three years re-education through labour. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
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