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| House prices fell by an average 8.7 per cent in 2008 and have a further 12 per cent to fall next year, property information firm Hometrack said today. Properties in London, East Anglia and the South-East have been hit hardest this year, according to its survey of more than 1,800 estate agents and surveyors. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - 29th January 2009 |
| Prince Charles will embrace ‘multiculturalism’ when he becomes King by dropping “the” from the historic title “Defender of the Faith” press reports say. …A senior source told the Daily Telegraph: “There have been lots of discussions. He would like to be known as Defender of Faith which is a subtle but hugely symbolic shift.” | |
| What famous people say | Prayer Magazine - January 2009 |
| Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive the U.S.’s highest civil award, the Medal of Freedom, at a ceremony in Washington today. A week before he leaves office President George Bush will bestow the honour in recognition of the ex-premier’s work to “improve the lives of citizens” and for his effort to promote “democracy, human rights and peace abroad”. President Bush has handed out 78 such awards during his eight-year reign. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 13th January 2009 |
| The UK Government is to make sex education in English schools compulsory from the age of five, sexual intercourse from the age of seven a, and contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion and homosexuality from the age of 11. Some insist it is necessary to cut teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Others say the Government is determined to abolish traditional morality and assert its control over children of all ages to the exclusion of parents. | |
| Education | Prayer Magazine - January 2009 |
| The birth control pill is causing “devastating” environmental damage and plays a role in rising male infertility rates, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has stated. “We have sufficient evidence to argue that one of the considerable factors contributing to male infertility in the west – with its ever decreasing numbers of spermatozoa in men – is environmental pollution caused by the by-products of the pill” released in human waste, the article said. | |
| Health | The Universe - 11th January 2009 |
| Coffee, chocolate and social networking site Facebook are the most common addictions in the UK, a study into modern lifestyles revealed today. These modern vices have ousted traditional favourites such as drugs, sex and cigarettes from the top of the charts in a study on our behavioural patterns. The poll examined the lifestyles of 3,000 people aged under 30. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel - 10th February 2009 |
| One of Britain’s last veterans of the First World War has died, aged 108. Bill Stone who was the only remaining British based veteran to serve during both world wars, died at his nursing home near Wokingham, Berkshire. Family members and friends described him as “remarkable”. His daughter, Anne Davidson, said: “William had a remarkable, happy life”. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - 13th January 2009 |
| Soaring “pensioner” inflation will wipe out rises in state pensions and could leave beneficiaries up to £245 worse off a year. Year-on-year price rises of items routinely faced by retired people – including food, council tax and energy bills – were running at 8.6 per cent for a single pensioner and 6.7 per cent for a couple, the conservative party said. | |
| The Elderly | The Sentinel - 20th February 2009 |
| A housing charity has called on dioceses and religious orders to use their properties and land “imaginatively, creatively and in the way God would want them to use them,” to help people in need of housing. Alison Gelder, the chief executive of Housing Justice, was reacting to news that UK house prices plummeted by 16.2 per cent in 2008 – the biggest drop in a calendar year since records began. | |
| Housing | The Universe - 11th January 2009 |
| Scientists are one step closer to curing nut allergies following the success of a clinical trial, they said today. Experts gave small daily doses of peanut flour to children with severe peanut allergies to help them build tolerance to the nuts. By the end of the trial, the children could eat up to 12 nuts a day without suffering a life-threatening reaction in the form of anaphylaxis. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 20th February 2009 |
| An elderly priest in the United States has admitted stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his church collection to fund a lavish lifestyle. Investigators believe Mgr John Skehan, 81, took up to $8m over 40 years from St Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach, Florida. But legal constraints meant he could only be charged with stealing $370,000 between 2001 and 2006. | |
| Crime | The Universe - 1st February 2009 |
| Children’s lives are being impoverished by an education that is “fundamentally deficient”. A study argues their entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum has been eroded by a fixation on standards in the basics of literacy and numeracy. It says while there is a need for a national curriculum, in its current form it is seen as “overcrowded, unmanageable and in certain respects inappropriately conceived.” | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - 10th February 2009 |
| A “Rainwater Tax” which has seen church water bills soar by up to 1,300 per cent is set to be debated by the General Synod when it meets next month at Church in Westminster. Martin Dales, a leading lay member of the church’s parliament, has had a private members motion on what ha calls “these iniquitous charges” given the go-ahead for discussion. Anglican “MPs” will debate the issue against a backdrop of a petition on the Downing Street website protesting at the swingeing increases – from £80 to £800 – having attracted thousands of signatures. The bills have increased because some water companies now charge churches the full cost of draining away the rain that falls on to their roofs. In the past the calculation was based on their rateable value – which was often near zero. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper – 30th January 2009 |
| Figures released today are expected to show a jump in the number of people having their homes repossessed. The grim figures will add to pressure on the Government as it is revealed a scheme that is designed to stop people losing their homes has yet to help a single person. Commentators have predicted that around 42,000 homeowners lost their properties in 2008 after failing to keep up with their mortgage. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - 20th February 2009 |
| The Daily Telegraph reported that a town councillor at Dartmouth in Devon “could be banned from official meetings for refusing to pray with colleagues and listening to his iPod instead”. The paper said that Brian Boughton had refused to take part in prayers, which have opened monthly meetings for decades. He commented that compulsory prayers were abolished years ago, but another councillor was quoted as saying Mr Boughton had been “disrespectful” by standing “clicking his fingers to an iPod”. | |
| Politics | The War Cry – 7th February 2009 |
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