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| Householders who sign up to combined TV and broadband packages are being hit with loyalty penalties of up to almost £700 a year, a consumer watchdog has warned. | |
| Money | The Sentinel, 11 January 2019 |
| Scientists believe they have identified about 60,000 cases of depression in adults under 35 in the UK, and more than 400,000 in the US, that could be avoided if adolescents did not smoke cannabis. | |
| Health | The Guardian 13th February 2019 |
| Most jobseekers make spelling mistakes in their CV, having problems with words such as “experience” and “professional”, a study suggests. Research by jobs site Adzuna indicated that nine out of 10 CVs contain spelling errors or typos. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel, 14 January 2019 |
| A wedding magazine run by Christians was forced to close in December because it wouldn’t feature same-sex couples. Luke and Carla Burrell, who started White Magazine 12 years ago, said the publication had been targeted by homosexual activists following Australia’s decision to redefine marriage. | |
| Social Issues | Evangelicals Now, January 2019 |
| A group set up to protect unborn children in America estimates it has saved thousands of lives by helping mothers choose life. Human Coalition uses social media and online advertising to ‘reach and influence’ women who have decided to have an abortion. It says that since 2010, more than 5,500 children who would otherwise have been aborted have been saved. | |
| Social Issues | The Christian Institute 13th February 2019 |
| Students should apply for university after they get their A-Levels results, in a major shake-up proposed by university and college staff. The University and College Union (UCU) says the move will eliminate unconditional offers and “chaotic” clearing process, and courses would start in November. According to the UCU, no other countries use grade predictions to award university places. | |
| Education | The Sentinel, 14 January 2019 |
| Upsetting Muslims and Christians alike in a speech on 20 November, Imran Khan claimed there is no historical record of Jesus Christ. This could have been a slip of the tongue by the Oxford University-educated leader of the centrist PTI party, but has been viewed as a direct attack on the Christian faith by Pakistani Christians, who number as many as three million in the country. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now January 2019 |
| The Archbishop of Canterbury has made the astonishing admission that he does not care if vicars leave the Anglican church to become Roman Catholic priests. | |
| Church | The Christian Institute 6th February 2019 |
| The Western world’s most common genetic disorder causes far higher levels of serious disease and disability than previously thought, despite being easy to detect and treat, research has shown. Two major studies have revealed that the iron overload condition haemochromatosis, previously thought to be a low-level health risk, actually quadruples the risk of liver disease and doubles the risk of arthritis and frailty in older age groups. It also causes higher risk of diabetes. | |
| Health | The Sentinel, 17 January 2019 |
| Over 100 Christians were arrested in Iran in the first week of December and nearly 150 in the preceding month, as part of the government’s attempt to ‘warn’ Christians against sharing the gospel over the Christmas period. This comes at the end of a year when dozens of Christians have been arrested, and some have been given strikingly long sentences. | |
| Religious Persecution | Evangelicals Now January 2019 |
| People with sight problems could benefit from landmark research which shows how adult stem cells help restore the surface of the eye. Patients who had received stem cells showed significant repair of the eye’s surface over 18 months. Researchers now recommend further investigation with a larger trial. | |
| Health | The Christian Institute 1st February 2019 |
| Ofsted will crack down on bad behavior in classrooms, with schools being judged on the learning environment they provide for students. Proposals for its new framework include the introduction of separate judgments about learners’ personal development, behavior and attitudes. | |
| Education | The Sentinel, 17 January 2019 |
| The number of children classed as having a gambling problem has quadrupled to more than 50,000 in two years. The Gambling Commission study, released in November, suggests that 450,000 children aged 11 to 16 bet regularly, more than those who have taken drugs, smoked or drunk alcohol. Bets with friends, slot machines and scratchcards were most popular. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Evangelicals Now January 2019 |
| Last year, figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed a record number of people were dying of asthma, with experts warning that air pollution and a lack of basic care could be to blame. | |
| Health | The Guardian 13th February 2019 |
| Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in two years and within a whisker of the Bank of England’s target due to a drop in petrol prices and air fares. | |
| Money | The Sentinel, 17 January 2019 |
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