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| The Government should simplify and modernise election rules to prevent “micro- managing”, a watchdog said today. Instead of the head of household registering voters, the Electoral Commission said voters should act independently. Under the proposals voters could be required to take photographic ID to the ballot box to help detect fraud. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel - August 27th |
| Hospital units for premature and sick babies are being stretched to the limit, a report suggests. Staff shortages and units forced to work at maximum occupancy are affecting the way care is delivered, the charity Bliss said. Between 2006 and 2007 160 more nurses were recruited to neonatal units but there remains a shortfall of 1,700 nurses, it said. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 15th October 2008 |
| Overweight people need to face up to reality and live healthily, the Tories said today. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said it was time to “take away the excuses” of biology and environment and get people to exercise and eat more fruit and vegetables. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - August 27th |
| Diabetes sufferers should not routinely take aspirin to prevent heart attacks, research suggests. It had been argued that routine use of the drug could help prevent heart attacks. But new research by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that people who showed no symptoms of heart disease received no benefit after regularly taking aspirin. The study found aspirin did benefit people who had already suffered a heart attack or stroke. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 17th October 2008 |
| Allowing bars and pubs to serve alcohol around the clock has largely failed to tackle late night violence, say police, councils and the NHS. According to a survey published today by the Local Government Association (LGA), nearly one in three NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) report an increase in alcohol-related incidents since the 2003 Licensing Act. Half of police authorities say that far from creating the promised continental- style café culture in the UK, the new laws have simply pushed alcohol-related violence later into the evening. Seven in ten police authorities, PCTs and councils say that 24 hour drinking has either increased or failed to change levels of alcohol-related incidents. And councils say that £100 million in taxpayers’ money has been paid out to implement the changes. | |
| Food and Drink | Prayer Magazine - July |
| Northern Rock bank has been criticised by charities for its “aggressive” attitude towards repossessions. The lender was twice as likely to repossess homes as other banks, the BBC reported. Some 19,000 homes were repossessed in the first half of this year by mortgage lenders and banks as a whole. And charity Credit Action told the BBC: “There‘s not a lot of flexibility being shown by Northern Rock”. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - 17th October 2008 |
| Calls for religious conversion to be made a “heinous crime” are coming from Hindu nationalist organisations in India. Christians working in that country have denied claims that money and force are used to produce conversions, pointing out that most Christian preachers are Indians. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Protestant Truth - September-October 2008 |
| An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute. After the institute’s director complained that someone was stealing his crops, the donkey was found in possession of the corn and sentenced to 24 hours in prison. His owner got off with a fine of 50 Egyptian pounds. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - 17th October 2008 |
| Muslims do not respect Christians who compromise their faith or water down their beliefs, according to the Bishop of Lichfield. A flabby Christianity, too timid to be true to its central beliefs, is a poor dialogue partner, declares Bishop Jonathan Gledhill. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Protestant Truth - September-October |
| A passenger jet coming in to land at Heathrow Airport had a near miss with a UFO, newly-released Ministry Of Defence files revealed today. The captain of the Alitalia airliner was so concerned he shouted "look out" to his co-pilot after seeing a brown missile-shaped object shoot past them overhead. The incident in Kent in 1991 was thoroughly investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority and the military. But having ruled out the object being a missile, weather balloon or space rocket, the MoD closed the inquiry and left the matter unsolved. | |
| Space | The Sentinel - 20th October 2008 |
| Same-sex “marriages” are now legal in California, following a ruling that a ban on these was contrary to the American constitution and therefore illegal. | |
| World Issues | Protestant Truth - September-October |
| Scouts may be taken on trips to sexual health clinics after new guidance was issued to help young people Be Prepared. The visits are suggested for explorer scouts aged 14 to 18 in the advice issued today by The Scouting Association. Chief Scout Peter Duncan said: “We must be realistic and accept that around a third of young people are sexually active before 16 and many more start relationships at 16 and 17. | |
| Sex | The Sentinel - 20th October 2008 |
| Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher’s daughter Carol has revealed details of her mother’s struggle with dementia. In her new book Carol Thatcher said she first noticed her mother’s failing memory while the pair had lunch in 2000 and also disclosed that she had to repeatedly break the news of her father Sir Denis’s death to her mother. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - August 25th |
| Details of a government initiative to give disadvantaged children free computers and internet access were announced today. Schools minister Jim Knight said the programme would begin in February with two year-long pilot schemes in Oldham and Suffolk. Grants will be provided to allow families to buy an “approved home access package” which will include a computer or laptop, basic software and broadband access for one year. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - 21st October 2008 |
| Jamie Oliver has delivered a stinging attack on Britain’s booze culture and poor cuisine. In an interview with French magazine Paris Match, the chief suggests that people in the UK care more about getting drunk, rather than eating well. He adds that there is a better variety of food in the slums of South Africa than in English towns and cities. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel - August 26th |
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