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| England’s schoolchildren should have shorter holidays and spend more time in the classroom. Education secretary, Michael Gove, called for a longer school days and term times, warning the current system is out of date and fit for the agricultural economy of the 19th century. He said pupils are at a ‘significant handicap’ compared to youngsters in the East Asian nations who benefit from extra tuition and support from teachers. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - April 19, 2013 |
| A report released on March 26 finds that Americans overwhelmingly (77%) believe that morals are declining in the US, with the most-cited cause for the decline a lack of Bible reading. While 66% of those surveyed agreed that the Bible contains everything a person needs to know to live a meaningful life, 58% said they do not personally want wisdom and advice from the Bible, and about the same amount (57%) read it fewer than five times per year. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now – May 2013. |
| Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation on March 26 that will ban abortion in North Dakota if a fetal heartbeat can be detected – something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The Republican governor also signed into law another measure that would make North Dakota the first to ban abortions based on the genetic defects such as Down’s Syndrome. | |
| Health | Evangelicals Now – May 2013. |
| Graphic designer Jamie Haxby applied for a job at Prested Hall Hotel to assist with marketing and promotion; during the job interview he was asked whether he was a Christian as his portfolio for work contained work for Christian groups, it was reported in March. The interviewer remarked that as she and the other people on her team were atheists they would never work with a committed Christian, and apologised for wasting Mr.Haxbys time. Mr Haxby has tried to resolve the dispute with the hotel, but they have ignored his approaches. The matter is now heading for an employment tribunal. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now – May 2013. |
| In March, the health committee of the Welsh Assembly backed a controversial bill to bring in presumed consent for organ donation. The Assembly members who considered the bill have raised concerns about the role of the family in consenting to organ donation, saying that clarity and consistency are needed. | |
| The Law | Evangelicals Now – May 2013. |
| The Christian owner of a printing firm in Northern Ireland faces being hauled to court over his refusal to print a gay magazine, it was reported in April. Nick Williamson says that the printing material would go against his religious beliefs. But the editor of MyGayZine, Danny Toner, has approached a solicitor and referred the matter to the equality commission for Northern Ireland. In 2000, in the case of a Christian printer in Canada facing a similar situation, it was decided that he would not be required to ‘print materials of a nature that could reasonably be considered to be in direct conflict with the core element of his religious beliefs or creed’. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now – May 2013 |
| A ‘huge moral anxiety’ is required to respond to the problem of children accessing online pornography, the deputy children’s commissioner for England said in early April. Sue Berelowitzrevelde revealed evidence of children at the age of 11 actively ‘seeking out pornography’, and of some boys who think there are no boundaries to sex. Miss Berelowitz disclosed research that showed in one large local community area that 100% of boys in year nine classes (14-years-olds) were accessing pornography. | |
| Young People | Evangelicals Now – May 2013 |
| A church in Aberdeen was blocked from holding a Sunday service in a hotel function room in March because of the church’s beliefs about sex and marriage. The Gilcomston church has recently broken away from the Church of Scotland in opposition to the ordination of gay clergy. They had booked a function room at the Copthorne hotel in Aberdeen to hold their first Sunday service as an independent church on March 10. But hotel management broke off the agreement for the church to hire the room after it received complaints and threats because of the church’s beliefs. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now – May 2013 |
| No further action is to be taken against Britain’s first youth police and crime commissioner who stepped down from the role over offensive comments she made on twitter, police said yesterday. Paris Brown, aged 17 was meant to be providing young people’s views on policing but found her tweets being investigated amid claims they were homophobic, racist and violent….Miss Brown, from Sheerness in Kent, who was to earn £15,000 a year from the role has since apologised for causing offence with the messages she posted between the ages of 14 and 16. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – April 22, 2013 |
| Andrew Lloyds Webber has launched an educational programme which will allow every child at participating schools to learn to play a musical instrument. It is hoped that the new Andrew Lloyds Webber programme will improve the behaviour and overall academic achievements of pupils, rather than create performing artists. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - April 24, 2013 |
| The bad news is: Most of us are going colour blind as the years roll by. The good news? We probably won't ever notice - thanks to our brains working overtime. Scientists have found that older people lose the ability to distinguish between colours as a part of the eye called the cone receptor becomes less capable of processing hues. However, at the same time, other parts of our visual system work even harder to minimise the effect. In the study at the University of Liverpool, experts looked at 185 people aged between 18 and 75 years with normal colour vision. | |
| Health | Daily Mail 09.05.2013 |
| One of Britain's biggest debt charities warned yesterday of a crisis among the over-60s, with record numbers facing insolvency. The organisation dealt with unprecedented numbers in this age group last year, with the total up nearly 40 per cent since the recession began. Over-60s typically have larger debts than any other age group, owing on average £23,000, while the typical debts of the rest of those contacting the charity Step Change are around £17,650. To make matters worse this only includes unsecured debts such as credit cards, overdrafts, personal loans and payday loans. For those who have a mortgage, classed as a secured debt, the total burden is even larger. Step Change, which offers counselling and debt management advice, said 13,148 people aged 60 and over, equal to around 36 a day, sought help last year, compared with 9,628 in 2009. | |
| The Elderly | Daily Mail 09.05.2013 |
| Almost 160,000 patients a year suffer from sores, infections and injuries caused by neglectful NHS care, figures show. The health problems are being picked up on hospital wards and in care homes. The figure represents one in 12 - 8 per cent - of all those treated on the NHS, but among the eld¬erly it is nearer to one in ten. For the first time, the NHS has released data on the numbers of patients suffering any of four conditions linked to neglect. They are falls, pressure sores, bladder infections and deep vein thrombosis - or blood clots -which can be avoided through good nursing care. Between May 2012 and April 2013, a total of 159,946 patients suffered one of these. Last month alone there were 15,000 cases including 13,100 pressure sores, 2,470 serious falls, 2,850 urinary infections and 1,139 blood clots. Some patients suffered more than one of the health problems. | |
| Health | Daily Mail 09.05.2013 |
| Children as old as five are going to school in nappies because they have not been toilet trained, a study has revealed. Parents are failing to pass on basic skills to their children, such as recognising when they have a full bladder. As a result teachers are increasingly helping youngsters who have had 'accidents', instead of teaching classes. A teachers' union yesterday blamed the problem on mothers and fathers who 'lack parenting skills'. Details emerged from a survey of 18 primary schools, which found 24 children did not know how to use the toilet and still wore nappies. One school reported having to replace the carpet in two classrooms because children had not got to the toilet in time. | |
| Family | Daily Mail 09.05.2013 |
| Motorists who put lives at risk by sending text messages at the wheel are to face tougher penalties. Fines will be increased by 50 per cent to £90, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin indicated yesterday. However critics said the higher penalty has to be backed up by tougher enforcement as texting by drivers is now rife. Announcing the crackdown, Mr McLoughlin admitted he had used a mobile phone to make calls while driving, although he would not do so now. But he found it 'unbelievable' that motorists risk a fatal accident by texting, tweeting or using Facebook at the wheel - more distracting than being over the drink-drive limit. | |
| Travel/Tourism | Daily Mail 09.05.2013 |
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