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| Tens of thousands of British children are having their tonsils removed “unnecessarily”, a new study suggests. Researchers said seven in eight youngsters given the procedure were unlikely to benefit. These “unnecessary” procedures cost the NHS tens of millions of pounds a year, they added. The most common reason for a tonsillectomy – the surgical procedure to remove the tonsils – is a recurrent sore throat. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 6th November 2018 |
| Problems with Universal Credit are driving an increase in the number of emergency supplies handed out at foodbanks, new figures reveal. The Trussell Trust said its network provided 658,048 supplies between April and September, a 13% increase on the same period a year ago. The charity said that if the five-week minimum wait for a first Universal Credit payment is not reduced, the only way to prevent more people relying on food banks is to pause all new claims for the benefit. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 6th November 2018 |
| Recent statistics published by YouGov suggest only 36 per cent of Christians think God is male. The study, which asked more than 1,000 Christians their views on the gender identity of God, also found 41 per cent believe God has no gender at all. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity – November 2018 |
| Sir Lenny Henry has urged broadcasters to boost diversity, saying it’s “not enough to have more people on Eastenders and doing the weather”. He delivered a letter to Downing Street calling for tax breaks to effect change. | |
| What famous people say | The Sentinel – 7th November 2018 |
| A price-hiking “meat tax” could prevent almost 6,000 deaths per year in the UK and save the economy more than £700m in avoided healthcare costs, say researchers. Globally, meat taxes could save an estimated 220,000 lives by 2020 and reduce healthcare costs by £30.7bn, a study has found. The research is based on evidence linking consumption of red meat to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel - 7th November 2018 |
| More than a third of adult Christians in the UK do not pray for miracles, new statistics have revealed. A survey by ComRes found 37 per cent of believers have never asked God for a miraculous act. Commissioned by BBC Local Radio, the survey concluded that 59 per cent of people identifying as Christian have requested a miracle, while 29 per cent said their prayer was answered. Assessing the general UK population, it found 62 per cent of people believe miracles are possible, with 43 per cent saying they have prayed for one at least once. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity – November 2018 |
| A debt help charity is seeing a growing number of people falling behind with fuel bills and a resurgence in the proportion of clients with high-cost credit such as payday loans. StepChange Debt Charity said the proportion of clients in arrears with council tax is also “stubbornly high”. In the first half of 2018, 13.1% of all new clients were behind on a gas or electricity bill compared with 11.4% in the first half of 2017. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - 5 October 2018 |
| Two out of five people have had a disagreement with their neighbour, mainly over noise, parking or barking dogs, a new study reveals. Research by the Co-op found despite rows, almost a third of people say they get on better with their neighbours than they did five years ago. Two out of three had taken in parcels for a neighbour, half are happy to keep an eye on a house and a similar number know the name of someone they live next door to. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - 9 October 2018 |
| Young people in the UK and Ireland are among the worst in Europe for drunkenness. Despite a downward trend in underage alcohol consumption, the World Health Organization has found that 15 year old girls in the UK are the most likely to have been drunk twice out of all the countries in Europe. Boys in Eastern Europe were the only ones to drink more than those in the UK and Ireland. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | YCW – November 2018 |
| The UK will beat a major tourism target two years early, VisitBritian has claimed. Forty million annual inbound visits were expected to be recorded by 2020, but a total of 40.9 million will be achieved in 2018, according to the tourism organisation. These visitors are expected to boost the economy by spending £26.3 billion. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel - 9 October 2018 |
| Workers from the UK could potentially boost their salary by nearly £15,000 typically by relocating abroad, a survey has found. More than half (52%) of those moving overseas saw an increase in their salary, although a fifth (20%) took a pay cut, according to HSBC’s Expat Explorer survey. On average, expats originally from the UK can expect to see their income increase by £14,613 after moving abroad, the study found. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 11 October 2018 |
| Those in the 16 to 24 age bracket are lonelier than their seniors. According to research from the BBC, 40 per cent said they often feel lonely…The study found that only one-third considered loneliness to be about not having people around them. The other two-thirds took into account factors such as having no one to talk honestly to or who understands them…Loneliness was not linked to a lack of social skills. However, those who felt the loneliest had more friends on Facebook that they did not know offline. | |
| Young People | YCW – November 2018 |
| An estimated 1.3 million older Britons may be putting themselves at risk by taking alternative therapies which could potentially interact with their prescribed drugs, a new study suggests. GPs should ask their patients about herbal and supplement usage to identify potential side effects, according to the authors of a small study published in the British Journey of General Practice. The most commonly used supplements were cod liver oil, glucosamine, multivitamins, and vitamin D. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 25th September 2018 |
| Rents have risen 60 per cent faster than wages across England since 2011; private rents have gone up by 16 per cent over that period, while wages have only increases by 10 per cent. | |
| Money | The Week – 11th August 2018 |
| Drivers who break down on more than 5,000 miles of Britain’s roads cannot call for help because there is no mobile phone coverage, according to a new study. Some 5,540 miles of road – 2 per cent of all roads – do not have coverage for calls from any of the UK’s four mobile networks, the RAC Foundation found. Motorists who also rely on their smartphones to access the internet for route planning could get into difficult on the 5,452 miles of road without 3G. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel – 10th September 2018 |
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