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Over 40 secondary schools have banned girls from wearing skirts enforcing uniform rules in a bid to more easily cater to self-identifying transgender students.
Education	Christian Concern - 6th July 2018



Between 1948 and 2010, the NHS budget rose, on average, four per cent above inflation. Austerity has limited that to 1.2 per cent, even though inflation is higher in medicine than elsewhere. All this come at a time when the population is ageing, and demand for health care is consequently rising. In 1948, life expectancy for men was 66, and for women 71. Today, it is 79 and 83 respectively.
Money	Church Times - 15th June 2018



Thousands of breast cancer patients in the UK may be safely spared chemotherapy following a study. A US trial of more than 10,000 women with the most common form of early breast cancer found the treatment was unnecessary for many after surgery. It is estimated 3,000 to 5,000 UK women in the UK are likely to avoid chemotherapy every year as a result.
Health	The Sentinel - 4 June 2018



Almost four million people in the UK have used a foodbank, the results of a poll published last week suggest. The study, commissioned by The Independent, says that one in 14 of those questioned had had to use a foodbank. Seven per cent of the 1050 British adults polled said that they had used a foodbank, which could mean that 3.7 million people have used foodbanks in the UK to receive a meal.
Social Issues	Church Times - June 2018



The Algerian Government has been criticised for discrimination against the country’s Christian minority. Churches and individual Christians have faced increased restrictions in recent months, raising concerns that these pressures signal a ‘coordinated campaign of intensified action against churches by the governing authorities’, according to Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern.
Religious Persecution	Evangelicals Now - July 2018



One in nine workers are in insecure jobs such as those on zero hours contracts, low-paid self employment or temporary posts, a study reveals. Research by the TUC found that at least 3.8 million workers in the UK are in some form of insecure employment.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel - 10th May 2018



Crisis says that nearly 160,000 British households are living in what it describes as the worst forms of homelessness - sleeping rough on the streets, in cars, tents, or shelters – and that, without radical action, that number will double in the next 25 years.
Housing	Church Times - 15th June 2018



Pakistan-based charities reported in early May that hundreds of newborn babies have been found dead in garbage piles in Pakistan over the last year, with 99% of the dead infants being females, due to a cultural preference for male children. According to the Edhi Foundation and Chhipa Welfare organisation, at least 345 babies have been found in garbage piles in Karachi between January 2017 and April 2018.
Crime	Evangelicals Now - July 2018



Brexit has knocked real household incomes by around £900, the Bank of England governor has said.
Money	The Sentinel - 23rd May 2018



An international charity that supports persecuted Christians, Open Doors, estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians were imprisoned in North Korea for their beliefs.
Religious Persecution	Church Times - 15th June 2018



A warning was given to the EU Parliament on 5 June that religious freedom is one generation away from being lost. Discrimination and intolerance of Christianity in Europe was debated for the first time in the European Parliament.
Religious Persecution	Evangelicals Now - July 2018



The number of people in work has reached a new record, while earnings have grown in line with inflation, new figures show. Employment increased by 197,000 in the quarter to March 32.3 million, the highest figure since records began in 1971, giving a record rate of 75.6%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel - 16 May 2018



People in the battle-scarred Southern Philippines city of Marawi are trying to rebuild their homes and lives one year after the place was stormed by Islamist militants. In May 2017, militants belonging to the Maute group, an affiliate of Islamic State, took over Marawi. In the following five months of fighting between the militants and government forces, 40% of the city was destroyed and 98% of the population displaced.
Disasters/War	Evangelicals Now - July 2018



The parts of England worst affected by suicide are to be given a funding boost to enhance prevention services, officials have announced. Money is to be provided for new targeted awareness campaigns, special psychological support and improved self-harm services in a number of regions across England.
Health	The Sentinel, 17 May 2018



The Anti Defamation League (ADL) has released a report stating that over four million tweets were made in 2017 containing anti-Jewish messages, ranging from Holocaust denial to more general racial and religious abuse.
Religious Persecution	The Plain Truth - Spring-Summer 2018

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