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| Developing countries’ debt payments increased by 85 per cent between 2010 and 2018, new data from the Jubilee Debt Campaign, published last week, shows. The average government external-debt payments across the 124 developing countries for which data was available had increased as a percentage of government revenue from 6.6 in 2010 to 12.2 in 2018, the campaign said. | |
| Money | Church Times, 12th April 2019 |
| The number of criminals caught with knives or dangerous weapons has hit its highest level in nearly a decade, official figures have revealed. Last year more than 21,000 offences of possessing or making threats with blades or offensive weapons resulted in a conviction or caution in England and Wales. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel, 15th March 2019 |
| A new campaign calling for same-sex marriage to be allowed in the C of E has been set up. Equal, the Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England, was launched today, the fifth anniversary of the marriage of Canon Jeremy Pemberton and Laurence Cunnington (News, 12 September 2014). In a press release, the campaign said that its aims were: same-sex marriage in the C of E; no discrimination against lay or ordained people in the C of E in same-sex marriages; and that the ‘consciences of everyone should be protected’. | |
| Church | Church Times 12th April 2019 |
| Schoolchildren as young as four will be taught about relationships, keeping safe on the internet and mental health from next year, under new guidelines announced by the Government. Pupils will learn the link between physical and mental health, with lessons focused on the importance of sleep, the dangers of sexting and spotting anxiety in their friends. | |
| Education | The Sentinel, February 25th 2019 |
| Cervical cancer could effectively be eliminated from the UK in around three decades, saving thousands of lives, experts claim. Scientists made the prediction after plotting the long-term effects of high levels of smear test screening and vaccination. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, February 20th 2019 |
| Eight children a day are being killed or injured in 31 conflict zones in Yemen while the United Nations struggles to end the deadlock between warring parties, more than two months after a peace deal was agreed in Stockholm. | |
| World Issues | Church Times, 8th March 2019 |
| One in three people plan to work beyond their state pension age, mainly for financial or health reasons, a new study suggest. A survey of 2,000 adults by job site restless.co.uk indicated that half planned to stay in work to keep busy, meet new people and learn new skills. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel, 4th February 2019 |
| The Church of Scotland has supported a bill that would abolish the defence of reasonable chastisement of a child, which would effectively ban smacking. In its submission, it wrote: ‘The Church believes that the resort to violence should cease to be acceptable as our society comes to understand its negative impact'. | |
| The Law | Youth and Children’s Work, April 2019 |
| An extra 290,000 operations could be carried out on the NHS every year if the way theatre lists are managed was improved, a review has found. The study, from NHS Improvement and supported by the Royal College of Surgeons, found delayed starts and early finishes to operations left gaps that could be filled with treating more patients. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, February 4th 2019 |
| The UK Government has announced increased funding for Tearfund’s work tackling plastic pollution in some of the world’s poorest countries | |
| Environment | Christianity, April 2019 |
| Rank-and-file police officers are calling for “more boots on the ground” as figures reveal a 14% rise in homicides – the highest since 2008. Official police data from forces in England and Wales shows violent crimes are up by 19% in the year to September 2018 | |
| Crime | The Sentinel, January 25th 2019 |
| Sexual violence in Unity State, South Sudan, is “endemic” despite a peace agreement there, the United Nations has reported. A UN investigation found that at least 175 women and girls - some as young as eight years old – had been raped, or suffered other sexual and physical violence, between September and December 2018. | |
| World Issues | Church Times, 22nd February 2019 |
| Record numbers of people are in work and job vacancies are at their joint highest level since 2001, new figures have revealed. Average earnings increased by 3.4% in the year to November 2018 outpacing inflation | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel, January 23rd 2019 |
| The number of animals injured by plastic debris hit a record last year, a new study finds. The RSPCA said the number of incidents it dealt with involving animals such as seals and geese becoming tangled up in plastic has risen 22 percent in England and Wales in the past four years. | |
| Environment | The i Paper, 4th February 2019 |
| Sir David Attenborough has warned it is difficult to overstate the environmental crisis facing the planet, as he was interviewed live on stage by the Duke of Cambridge. The broadcaster urged leaders to care for the natural world as he spoke with William at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. | |
| What famous people say | The Sentinel January 23rd 2019 |
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