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| According to recent research, downloading TV programmes via the internet is becoming habitual. 2.6 million people have either downloaded a TV programme or watched it live on the internet, and 900,000 have watched TV via their mobile phone. | |
| Media | Euromedia – June 2006 |
| A fifth of babies are at greater risk of cot death by not being put to sleep on their back – possibly to avoid the cosmetic flat head syndrome. The Sentinel – 11th May 2006 | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 11th May 2006 |
| Self made millionaires may owe much of their success to their genes. Scientists believe entrepreneurship could largely be a genetic trait. A study found that almost half an individual’s propensity to become self-employed was due to genetic factors. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 6th June 2006 |
| Nearly two thirds of people who have fallen out with their neighbours did so because they were too noisy. Around 64% of people who have had a dispute with the people next door said it was about noise, double the number of people who had fallen out about on street parking. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel – 12th May 2006 |
| Overweight mothers to be are risking the health of their unborn child and putting strain on the NHS. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 6th June 2006 |
| Many secretaries receive more treats and compliments from their boss than from their partner. A poll of 800 personal assistants also showed that one in five knows their boss better than their husband or partner. | |
| Odd Facts | The Sentinel – 16th May 2006 |
| A report by Christian Aid predicted a that a staggering 182 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone could die of disease caused by climate change by the end of the century, while 150 million could become refugees due to rising sea levels, erosion and agricultural damage caused by global warming. | |
| World Issues | The Church of England Newspaper – 19th May 2006 |
| Mobile phone theft costs the UK £390 million a year, with a phone stolen every 12 seconds. Around 37 million Britons own a mobile phone, but more than two million people have their phone taken every 12 months. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 16th May 2006 |
| For the first time the digital enabled universe or the number of people who are able to access digital radio, has broken the 50% barrier. 25.5 million adults can now access digital radio. 37% of the listening is via TV, 21% via the Internet and 14% of the population live in a DAB household. | |
| Media | Radio Magazine – 17th May 2006 |
| Heart disease costs the UK economy £29 billion a year – and the situation looks set to get worse. The UK spends about £16 billion a year on heart disease - a fifth of its NHS budget and more than any EU country. Hospital inpatient care was the most expensive component at almost £10 billion. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 15th May 2006 |
| Microsoft billionaire and genius Bill Gates is ploughing millions a year into proving that God created the world! The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is placing the money into the Discovery Institute whose most famous project is the intelligent design theory of creation. This is the direct opposite of evolution and claims that our planet was designed by God, who sent Jesus to die for our wrongs. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Son – Summer 2006 |
| Days lost through absence across British industry have fallen to their lowest for almost 20 years, but a culture of absenteeism still exists in many workplaces. The CBI’s annual study said the number of lost days fell by four million last year to 164 million days, but still cost the economy more than £13 billion. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel – 15th May 2006 |
| Reading the Da Vinci Code has dramatically undermined the British people’s trust in the claims of the Catholic Church, a new survey has shown. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Universe – 21st May 2006 |
| The number of people living in poverty has increased since Labour came to power if people’s spending rather than their income is taken into account. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 17th May 2006 |
| There’s a cluster of villages in the hills of western Nepal where each household puts aside a handful of rice every week to fund the local radio station. So keen are the people of the community to have a station of their own that they want to help pay for it themselves. | |
| Media | Threshold – June 2006 |
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