home
CR activities
Pray
Discuss| Showing page 9 of 28 « Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next » | Last update: Sunday 22nd November |
| The number of under-16s contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has rocketed in five years, new government figures revealed. According to national health bodies, the number of STIs among youngsters rose by 58% from 2,474 in 2003 to 3,913 in 2007. This significant rise comes despite millions of pounds spent on government sexual health policies. | |
| Sex | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
| Up to 65,000 people are expected to lose their homes this year, a mortgage trade body has said. The Council of Mortgage Lenders said it had revised down its estimate for repossessions during 2009 from a near record 75,000, as lower interest rates and a raft of government initiatives were helping people stay in their homes. The prediction is still almost two-thirds higher than the 40,000 people who had properties repossessed in 2008. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel- 23 June 2009 |
| Nearly half a million pounds fraudulently claimed in benefits is being recovered. Figures released by Stoke-on-Trent City Council show £472,356 in overpaid benefits currently being repaid to the council following work by the Benefit Investigation Team. In total, 95 benefit cheats were sanctioned and 40 prosecuted following investigations during the last financial year. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel- 22 June 2009 |
| The Queen looks set to ask the Government for a significant increase in her Civil List as annual accounts revealed yesterday that her reserve funds will run out by her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. During the last financial year, the cost of keeping the monarchy increased by £1.5 million to £41.5 million. The Civil List pays for the running of the Royal household. | |
| Money | The Sentinel- 30 June 2009 |
| A church in Belfast gave overnight shelter to more than 100 Romanian migrants who fled their homes in the Lisburn Road area of the city after suffering racist attacks. The pastor, Malcolm Morgan, said that he was ready to help. ‘It’s a sad indictment of our society... but hopefully we can show them a caring side to Northern Ireland’, he added. Anna Lo of the Alliance Party said the attacks on the Romanians’ homes – which included bricks being thrown through windows, had been going on for almost a week. The Romanians were later taken to other temporary accommodation. | |
| Crime | War Cry- June 2009 |
| Radio was one of the biggest winners in the government’s eagerly awaited Digital Britain report. Large parts of the industry welcomed the firm commitment to a 2015 digital switchover after years of uncertainty and crippling dual transmission bills. Communications Minister Stephen Carter has announced that every service carried on a national or local DAB multiplex will cease broadcasting on analogue on a date that will be announced at least two years in advance. The vacated FM spectrum will be the home to a new tier of ultra-local radio – the commercial stations for which DAB is not an option, community radio stations and services previously carried on medium wave. | |
| Media | The Weekly Radio Magazine- June 2009 |
| A recent survey of churchgoers indicates that our understanding of the Bible and our confidence in its trustworthiness is poor. The survey, which was commissioned by the Alliance and Bible Society, revealed that only 14% of non-leaders were “very confident” (and 51% “fairly confident”) about their Bible knowledge. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Idea- August 2009 |
| There may be a God after all, the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) declared. Its Central Committee established a Religion Commission to create a united front with religious progressives against the forces of imperialism and market capitalism. Writing in the party newspaper the People’s Weekly World, the chairman of the Religion Commission Tim Yeager, said the party sought to “reach out to religious people and communities, to find ways of improving our coalition work with them, and to welcome people of faith into the party. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Church of England- June 2009 |
| The Bishop of Durham has strongly criticised Government plans to “rush” ahead with constitutional changes to “distract” attention from other problems. Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week announced plans that would include ending the self-regulation of Parliament by the summer and then pressing ahead with reform of the House of Lords. Bishop Tom Wright, responding to the proposals, accused Mr Brown of using the need to clean up expenses system as a Trojan Horse to smuggle in other proposals and launched a stinging attack on “career politicians”. | |
| Politics | Church of England- June 2009 |
| The economic downturn is making Britons mean, with people ignoring friends’ birthdays and refusing to buy rounds in the pub, a survey has claimed. A third said they no longer bought rounds of drinks and one in four had given up buying presents. Others admitted they shunned leavers’ collections at work and no longer sent flowers to say thank you, in the poll of 5,010 people carried out by Moneysupermarket Vouchers during April. | |
| Money | The Sentinel- 19 June 2009 |
| Changes to the UK’s climate which could increase droughts, floods and heatwaves are inevitable, new research has said. Climate Change Secretary Ed Milliband said it highlighted the need to secure an ambitious new deal on cutting emissions across the world when leaders met in Copenhagen in December. | |
| Environment | The Sentinel- 19 June 2009 |
| Jesus topped a poll of ‘dead’ people Britons would most like to meet, according to a survey. One in three of the 3,000 people questioned picked the Son of God as the person they would most like to meet, placing him above Princess Diana, William Shakespeare and Albert Einstein. | |
| Odd Facts | The War Cry- June 2009 |
| More than a quarter of 11 to 16-year-olds in Britain can not recall any of the Ten Commandments. A poll commissioned by computer game makers Electronic Arts reveals that just 1 in 17 of the 1,000 youngsters surveyed could quote all Ten Commandments. | |
| Young People | The War Cry- June 2009 |
| New Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti ‘likes a little help from above’, according to the Daily Mail. The football coach holds a cross in his hand whenever he is on the touchline during a game. The cross comes from the shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy, which Mr Ancelotti visits every year. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The War Cry- June 2009 |
| Six months after the inauguration of Illinois Democrat Senator Barack Obama as President, the United States is moving to the right on moral and social issues. In an apparent backlash to the new president’s policies, a solid majority of Americans are opposed to abortion, surveys by the Gallup Organization reported last month. Polling figures find that of those surveyed, 51% describe themselves as “pro-life” or anti-abortion, while 42 per cent stated they were “pro-choice” or pro-abortion. | |
| World Issues | Church of England- June 2009 |
« Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next »
Bookmark
Tell a friend
