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Friday, 28 November 2014 00:00
London churches open HIV testing centres
HIV testing clinics have been opened in churches across London in the hope of combating high rates of infection as well as social stigma among the African population. Four African churches in Southwark, New Cross, Dagenham…
Friday, 28 November 2014 00:00
Obesity does more damage to Britain than war or terrorism, study finds
Obesity costs Britain’s economy £47bn a year; more than war, terrorism or armed violence, a new study has found. The research, commissioned by consultants McKinsey and Company, recommended a series of 44 interventions to fight the…
Friday, 28 November 2014 00:00
Celebrity role models causing rise in ‘sexting’
Celebrities are the cause of a sharp rise in the number of children sending sexually explicit text messages, a child protection expert has warned. Dr Zoe Hilton told MPs that schoolchildren are copying the ‘sexting’ trend…
Friday, 28 November 2014 00:00
USA: Protesters rally across US for second day
Protests took place across America for the second day after a grand jury declined to charge Ferguson officer Darren Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown in August. Ferguson quietened down Tuesday night into early Wednesday evening.…
Friday, 28 November 2014 00:00
USA: Ferguson – A Christian perspective
Residents in Ferguson have been on edge, but area churches and pastors are countering the unrest with a message of God's love. Bishop Raphael Green pastors the Metropolitan Christian Worship Centre in south St. Louis. For…
Friday, 28 November 2014 00:00
Syria: ‘Conflict freeze' needed in Aleppo
Aleppo has seen little change since a rebel offensive took over half the city and the countryside over two years ago. However a new UN-proposed ‘conflict freeze’ could see change or the regime could choose to…