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| A new report claims that sexism is so widespread that it affects ‘most aspects’ of girls’ and young women’s lives. The ‘Equality for Girls’ report, carried out on behalf of Girlguiding, showed that 87 per cent of the respondents (aged between 11 and 21) thought women were judged more on their appearance than ability. Sixty per cent of those between 16 and 21 said they had been patronised or made to feel stupid because of their gender. | |
| Social Issues | Youthwork, February 2014 |
| New research from YouGov reveals that when it comes to wedding traditions, both men and women in Britain want to keep things as they are. Even traditions with medieval connotations (the father giving away the bride to the husband) are still very popular. Some 66% of men and 58% of women support the tradition of the bride taking the husband’s surname. The most popular tradition is the groom having a best man: 88% of British adults want to see this preserved. When it comes to the practice of the bride’s family paying for the wedding, 75% say they oppose it. Also largely opposed is the vow of promising to obey the husband, though women oppose this far more than men, by 81% to 59%. | |
| Family | Inspire Magazine, February 2014 |
| A way of editing the genetic code one letter at a time has been developed that could help scientists conquer diseases caused by tiny glitches in DNA. The process allows single letter mutations not only to be introduced to cells, but accurately identified. Using the techniques, researchers were able to spot one mutant in a sample of 1,000 cells. The research raises the prospect of accurately modelling human diseases in the laboratory, as well as finding cures that fix specific disease mutations. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, February 10, 2014 |
| An extra £100 million will be spent over the next year tackling the aftermath of the devastating floods that have hit Britain, David Cameron has announced. Some £75 million will fund repairs, £15 million will go on maintenance and £10 million has been earmarked for ‘urgent work’ in Somerset, the Prime Minister said. Stormy weather has left thousands of homes without power and transport networks in chaos amid battering winds and severe flood warnings. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel, February 6, 2014 |
| Facebook has rejected all calls to ban pages and videos linked to a ‘neknomination’ drinking craze despite one death in Ireland being linked to the online dare. Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte demanded the social networking giant act as a raft of interest groups including health chiefs and psychiatrists called for the phenomenon to be stopped. Jonny Byrne, 19, from Carlow, in the Irish Republic, drowned after taking part in the stunt which sees people being challenged to post a video online of them downing drinks, then nominating others to do the same inside 24 hours. Facebook has not moved to delete or block any material as the videos do not break its rules on harmful content, such as organising violence or bullying. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel, February 4, 2014 |
| Ambulance workers will stage a second strike today in a row over shifts. Members of the Unite union in Yorkshire walked out for 24 hours on Saturday, and will take action again for four hours from 3pm today, claiming some paramedics could work for 10 hours without a meal break under new shift patterns. The union said this would impact on patient safety and is calling for a 30-minute meal break every six hours. Unite said Saturday's strike was well supported. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel, February 3, 2014 |
| David Cameron has denied cuts to the armed forces budgets have reduced Britain’s influence in the world. His comments came after former US defence secretary Robert Gates warned the Government’s military cuts will prevent Britain being a ‘full partner’ with America. Mr Cameron was challenged over the cuts during an appearance before the cross-party Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel, January 31, 2014 |
| A move towards nine-hour school days and longer terms could leave many children exhausted and too tired to learn, it has been claimed. Under plans reportedly being examined by the Conservatives, school hours would be extended, with pupils staying until around 6pm, while school holidays would be cut almost in half, to around seven weeks a year. But teachers’ leaders warned many children are already tired at the end of the school day, and need regular breaks to help them process what they have learnt. | |
| Education | The Sentinel, January 31, 2014 |
| A Labour plan to ban smoking in cars carrying children is due to be out to a vote in the House of Lords later. Labour peers are to table an amendment to the Children and Families Bill detailing their proposal for England. The party says that if it is not passed in this vote, it will be included in its manifesto for the next election. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, January 30, 2014 |
| Chancellor George Osborne claimed the Coalition’s economic policies were delivering a ‘brighter economic future’ after official figures showed growth last year was the best since 2007. | |
| Money | The Sentinel, January 29, 2014 |
| The chief inspector of schools has said he is “spitting blood” over right-wing attacks on Ofsted. Sir Michael Wilshaw said that Education Secretary Michael Gove risked damaging school standards by undermining his authority and attacking Ofsted’s ideology. It comes after reports that right-wing think tank Civitas has urged the Government to create a new body to inspect free schools and academies. While the Policy Exchange think tank, which Mr Gove set up in 2002, is calling for evidence from schools about whether the school inspection body is “fit for purpose”. | |
| Education | The Sentinel, January 27, 2014 |
| The Government is to introduce new legislation to ban under-18s from buying electronic cigarettes. The Coalition also plans to make it illegal for adults to purchase cigarettes for anyone younger than 18, under tough new laws aimed at cracking down on teenage smoking. The announcement comes as e-cigarettes are enjoying a boom in sales, with an estimated 1.3 million people in the UK thought to use them. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, January 27, 2014 |
| Cash bonuses at the predominantly state-owned RBS will be limited to £2,000 next year, David Cameron told the Commons. The Prime Minister said the existing £2,000 cap would continue to apply and he also promised to veto proposals to increase the overall pay bill. His comments came after Labour tabled a parliamentary motion calling on the Government, as the majority shareholder in RBS, to reject any request from the bank for permission to pay bonuses of up to double an employee’s annual salary. | |
| Money | The Sentinel, January 16, 2014 |
| The average cost of childcare has leapt by 19 per cent in the past year, holding back parents from going to work, according to a study. Research by childcare search site Findababysitter.com showed that one-in-four unemployed parents wanted to work but could not because of high childcare costs. The average hourly rate for hiring help such as a nanny, housekeeper or babysitter jumped from £8.10 an hour to £9.80 over the past year, it suggested. A survey of over 1,000 parents for the study found that around half believed the Government was not doing enough to support them with childcare costs. | |
| Family | The Sentinel, January 14, 2014 |
| Predictions that half the British population will be obese by 2050 “underestimate” the scale of the obesity crisis, a report suggests. The UK is in danger of surpassing predictions of a 2007 report which estimated that 50 per cent of the nation would be obese by 2050, the National Obesity Forum said. The “doomsday scenario” set out in the report does not cover the true extent of the problem it said. The forum’s latest report calls on health officials to introduce hard-hitting awareness campaigns - similar to those for smoking – to try to stem the problem. The organisation also called on family doctors to proactively discuss weight management with patients. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, January 14, 2014 |
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