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	<title>The Christian Institute &#187; Vice</title>
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		<title>Campaigners: kids should be safeguarded from online porn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaigners believe an “opt-in” service for online pornography would help protect children from viewing inappropriate content on the internet. Premier Christian Media Trust and SaferMedia want the Government to change the law so that internet service providers (ISPs) would be forced to introduce safeguards. According to Premier, one in three 10-year-olds has viewed porn online, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity aims for joint &#8216;sexting&#8217; prevention pilot with police</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/charity-aims-for-joint-sexting-prevention-pilot-with-police/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/charity-aims-for-joint-sexting-prevention-pilot-with-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Scottish children’s charity is hoping to establish a joint pilot project with the police to tackle the growing problem of “sexting” in Scotland. “Sexting” – the practice of sending sexually explicit images via text, email and social networking websites – has become an increasing concern amidst other types of sexual exploitation of youngsters on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Richard Branson: decriminalise drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sir-richard-branson-decriminalise-drugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson will call for drug use to be decriminalised as he gives evidence to a Westminster select committee this week. In June a group of celebrities, including Dame Judi Dench, sparked outrage after making a similar plea to Prime Minister David Cameron. Opponents blasted the proposal as clueless, saying the celebs were sending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New levy to tackle late night pubs and clubs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-levy-to-tackle-late-night-pubs-and-clubs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-levy-to-tackle-late-night-pubs-and-clubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Home Office officials claim one in four pubs and clubs that stay open past midnight will have to cut their opening hours to avoid paying a new “late night” levy. According to the new plans, local authorities will be able to impose the measure – requiring payment of up to £4,440 – on premises that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour&#8217;s gambling law was wrong, says Party grandee</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labours-gambling-law-was-wrong-says-party-grandee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labours-gambling-law-was-wrong-says-party-grandee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gambling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labour&#8217;s Roy Hattersley has criticised his own party&#8217;s &#8216;shameful&#8217; gambling legislation, introduced when Labour were in Government, as Britain&#8217;s biggest casino opens. The new casino is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week, in East London. Lord Hattersley criticised the casino for portraying itself as simply another form of family entertainment and he highlighted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour welcomes proposals to teach kids how to gamble</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-welcomes-proposals-to-teach-kids-how-to-gamble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-welcomes-proposals-to-teach-kids-how-to-gamble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children as young as twelve should be taught how to gamble “safely”, according to controversial proposals which have been welcomed by the Labour Party. Critics have branded the proposals by GamCare, a gambling addiction charity, as “grotesque” and warned that they would lead to more problem gambling. But Labour has welcomed the proposals claiming that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebs: Parliament should consider decriminalising drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/celebs-parliament-should-consider-decriminalising-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/celebs-parliament-should-consider-decriminalising-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yoko Ono, Sting and former American president Jimmy Carter have signed a letter calling on the UK Parliament to consider decriminalising drugs, despite previous strong resistance to any such move from the Government. The celebrities, who also include Sir Richard Branson and Prof A C Grayling, encourage &#8220;members of the public and of Parliament&#8221; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truro sex shop licence granted after rehearing</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/truro-sex-shop-licence-granted-after-rehearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/truro-sex-shop-licence-granted-after-rehearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sex shops]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sex shop licence has been granted for a second time to a shop operating next door to a school uniform store in Truro, Cornwall. However, the sex shop failed to get permission for an expansion. The licensing committee of Cornwall Council decided to rehear the application, after it unlawfully granted a licence the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol advertising on Facebook accused of reaching out to kids</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/alcohol-advertising-on-facebook-accused-of-reaching-out-to-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/alcohol-advertising-on-facebook-accused-of-reaching-out-to-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children and young people are being exposed to marketing by alcohol companies via popular social networking sites such as Facebook, according to a new report. The study for the charity Alcohol Concern examined a variety of online marketing techniques used by the alcohol industry, including branded websites with interactive games and competitions that are attractive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Teenage girls regret having alcohol-fuelled sex</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-teenage-girls-regret-having-alcohol-fuelled-sex/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-teenage-girls-regret-having-alcohol-fuelled-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Binge drinking is leading many teenage girls to engage in risky sexual behaviour which they later come to regret, a new report has warned. Researchers have revealed that more than one in five 15 and 16-year-old girls who drink at least once a week have had drunken sex which they have later regretted. The report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lib Dem call for Govt inquiry into decriminalising drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lib-dem-call-for-govt-inquiry-into-decriminalising-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lib-dem-call-for-govt-inquiry-into-decriminalising-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cannabis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug classification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An official inquiry should be set up to look at effectively legalising cannabis and decriminalising the possession of all other drugs, a Liberal Democrat Party motion says. The contentious idea will be debated at the Lib Dem Party conference in Birmingham next month. However any official inquiry would need the backing of the Lib Dem&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart phones breeding more problem gamblers</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/smart-phones-breeding-more-problem-gamblers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/smart-phones-breeding-more-problem-gamblers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of women falling into debt through online gambling has risen sharply in the past year with smart phones fuelling the surge. The RCA Trust, an addiction counselling charity, has logged a 15 per cent increase in the number of women getting into debt through internet poker and bingo. The Trust says it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop blames binge-drinking culture for blighting Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bishop-blames-binge-drinking-culture-for-blighting-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bishop-blames-binge-drinking-culture-for-blighting-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[24 hour drinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Anglican Bishop has hit out at the Government’s failure to tackle alcohol abuse, an issue he describes as “one of the major sins of our time”. The Rt Revd Geoff Annas, the Bishop of Stafford, blamed the extension of the licensing laws and called for a “seismic shift in attitudes&#8221; towards alcohol, as there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug-drivers set to face the &#8216;drugalyser&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/drug-drivers-set-to-face-the-drugalyser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/drug-drivers-set-to-face-the-drugalyser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug-drivers are facing a crackdown with the launch of new &#8216;drugalysers&#8217; which are expected to be approved by the Home Office by the end of June. The devices, which could be in use in police stations by the end of this year, can detect cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis by analysing saliva taken from a mouth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannabis can be relaxing, NHS health group tells teens</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cannabis-can-be-relaxing-nhs-health-group-tells-teens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cannabis-can-be-relaxing-nhs-health-group-tells-teens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking cannabis and tobacco can be &#8220;relaxing&#8221; and make people &#8220;feel more at ease&#8221;, a Scottish health agency is telling young people. The remarks come in Fags &#8216;n&#8217; Hash, a booklet which has been criticised for being likely to encourage use of cannabis. The booklet says the best way to reduce harms with tobacco is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Naïve’ celebs in call for drugs to be decriminalised</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/naive-celebs-in-call-for-drugs-to-be-decriminalised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/naive-celebs-in-call-for-drugs-to-be-decriminalised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Judi Dench, Sir Richard Branson and Sting are backing a campaign which urges David Cameron to decriminalise the possession of all drugs, but the move has been branded as “naïve” by critics. The high-profile celebrities were among the signatories of an open letter to the Prime Minister criticising current drugs policy. The letter, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy, 9, arrested  for drink-driving</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/boy-9-arrested-for-drink-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/boy-9-arrested-for-drink-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 07:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nine-year-old boy has been arrested for drink-driving in Cumbria, police records have revealed. Shocked police officers were forced to release the child when they discovered he was too young to be prosecuted. Leading alcohol awareness charities have raised serious concerns about the dangers of underage drinking. Alcoholic In March a three-year-old, who was regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soft gambling laws lure young people</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/soft-gambling-laws-lure-young-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/soft-gambling-laws-lure-young-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young people and ethnic minorities are being lured into betting shops by welcoming surroundings and high-speed betting machines, researchers say. Gambling laws were watered down in 2005, allowing betting shops to present themselves in more appealing ways. In addition, betting shops were formally allowed to have ‘fixed odds betting terminals’ (FOBTs) – dubbed the &#8220;crack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychologists: internet porn ‘encourages sex offenders’</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/psychologists-internet-porn-encourages-sex-offenders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/psychologists-internet-porn-encourages-sex-offenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 11:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extreme sexual fantasies are being normalised because of the rise in deviant pornography on the internet, psychologists have warned. Researchers have identified a &#8216;causal link&#8217; between the rise in explicit images available online and an increase in extreme illegal behaviour in real life. According to experts, the internet is allowing like-minded people to share explicit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court allows trial of sex shop next to school store</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/court-allows-trial-of-sex-shop-next-to-school-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/court-allows-trial-of-sex-shop-next-to-school-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sex shop that opened up next door to a school uniform store in Truro, Cornwall, will face a courtroom trial after Christians won permission to challenge the licensing decision. The sex shop owner tried to stop the case before it started, saying the shop is already stocked and trading. But last week the High [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boys, 10 and 11, suspended for bringing cannabis to school</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/boys-10-and-11-suspended-for-bringing-cannabis-to-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/boys-10-and-11-suspended-for-bringing-cannabis-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two schoolboys aged just ten and eleven have been suspended for bringing cannabis into their junior school. The children took the class B drug to the school they attend in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, it has been revealed. Police officers were called and the boys were given a warning but no further legal action was taken. Shocked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Lib Dems: give criminals heroin, not jail</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scottish-lib-dems-give-criminals-heroin-not-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scottish-lib-dems-give-criminals-heroin-not-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Criminals should be able to get heroin free on the NHS, Scottish Liberal Democrats have voted at their annual conference. Members voted for “diamorphine maintenance treatment” for criminals dependent on the drug, as an alternative to fines or prison, which they claim do not work. But politicians have slammed the idea as “very hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-year-old is UK&#8217;s youngest alcoholic</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/three-year-old-is-uks-youngest-alcoholic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/three-year-old-is-uks-youngest-alcoholic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A three-year-old who was regularly given alcohol over a six month period has been diagnosed as the UK&#8217;s youngest alcoholic, it has been revealed. And in a separate incident, students from the University of Manchester took part in a bizarre drinking game to see who could vomit or end up in hospital first. As pressure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: smoking cannabis ‘doubles risk of psychosis’</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-smoking-cannabis-doubles-risk-of-psychosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-smoking-cannabis-doubles-risk-of-psychosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cannabis use in teenage years can double the risk of mental illness in the next decade, a major study has revealed. The study, carried out by a range of European scientists, followed the lives of nearly 2000 young Germans over a ten-year period. The authors of the study have concluded that using cannabis can actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHSmith refuses to hide ‘lads’ mags’ from children</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/whsmith-refuses-to-hide-lads-mags-from-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/whsmith-refuses-to-hide-lads-mags-from-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[High street newsagent WHSmith has refused to place explicit ‘lads’ mags’ out of the sight of children. In response to a campaign from parents, top stores such as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury&#8217;s, Morrisons and the Co-op group have all agreed to put the magazines on their top shelves or hide them with plain covers. But WHSmith [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambling on the rise in Britain, report reveals</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gambling-on-the-rise-in-britain-report-reveals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gambling-on-the-rise-in-britain-report-reveals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost three quarters of adults gambled in the past year, according to statistics released in an official report. The new report showed that 73 per cent of adults had gambled in the previous twelve months, up from 68 per cent in the equivalent 2007 report. The figures come less than four years after the sweeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerously drunk six year old girl is hospitalised</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dangerously-drunk-six-year-old-girl-is-hospitalised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dangerously-drunk-six-year-old-girl-is-hospitalised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A girl aged just six was rushed to hospital last year after consuming dangerous levels of alcohol, it has been revealed. It is not known how the little girl came by the alcohol but she was treated at Eastbourne District General Hospital. And a Freedom of Information request has shown that she was one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target brothels to combat trafficking say campaigners</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/target-brothels-to-combat-trafficking-say-campaigners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/target-brothels-to-combat-trafficking-say-campaigners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Campaigners against sex trafficking have warned that unless there is a crackdown on brothels in Britain sex trafficking will rise in the UK. The Poppy Project has urged police to prioritise brothels as an urgent target because they create an environment where trafficking can thrive. The call comes after a Romanian father and son, Bogdan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of children caught dealing cannabis</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/hundreds-of-children-caught-dealing-cannabis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/hundreds-of-children-caught-dealing-cannabis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One in eight cannabis dealers caught by the police are children, according to official Government figures. Figures from the Ministry of Justice have revealed that 268 under 18s received cautions or convictions for offences related to dealing cannabis in 2009, the equivalent of five a week. And more than 13,000 youngsters needed hospital treatment after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian GP ditched from drugs panel over gay row</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-gp-ditched-from-drugs-panel-over-gay-row/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-gp-ditched-from-drugs-panel-over-gay-row/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advisory council on the misuse of drugs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Christian GP who was appointed as a Government drugs adviser last month has been sacked because he co-wrote a study which linked homosexuality and child sex offences. Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, a respected GP who backs total abstinence from drugs, was appointed to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) by the Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concern as nine-year-old boy found to be an alcoholic</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/concern-as-nine-year-old-boy-found-to-be-an-alcoholic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/concern-as-nine-year-old-boy-found-to-be-an-alcoholic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A nine-year-old boy has been discovered to be an alcoholic, in a case described as &#8220;very serious&#8221;. The child is part of a family who had been causing havoc in their neighbourhood, generating around 13 complaints a month for criminal damage and vandalism. However the youngster, who cannot be named, has been given medical help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council to create &#8216;booze zones&#8217; for binge drinkers</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/council-to-create-booze-zones-for-binge-drinkers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/council-to-create-booze-zones-for-binge-drinkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[24 hour drinking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Binge drinkers in one of Britain’s oldest towns could be given their own designated drinking zones in a bid to keep them away from other members of the public. But critics say the move would encourage binge drinking and contradict the Government’s attempts to cut alcohol consumption. At present problem drinkers in Colchester, Essex, are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian GP appointed to Govt drugs panel</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-gp-appointed-to-govt-drugs-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-gp-appointed-to-govt-drugs-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Christian doctor who takes a firm line against drug use has been appointed to sit on the Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). Dr Hans-Christian Raabe has said that children should simply be taught to say no to drugs. The move is seen as a change in direction for the panel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian group wants seedy &#8216;sex saunas&#8217; to close down</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-group-wants-seedy-sex-saunas-to-close-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-group-wants-seedy-sex-saunas-to-close-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Christian charity wants sleazy &#8216;sex saunas&#8217; in Scotland to have their licences &#8220;revoked immediately&#8221; if suggested illegal activities are going on. CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) also made clear that it backs a move by Scottish Labour politician Trish Godman to make it an offence to purchase sex. Gordon Macdonald, from the charity’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet porn could be barred at the source</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/internet-porn-could-be-barred-at-the-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/internet-porn-could-be-barred-at-the-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Access to pornographic websites could be blocked following the Government’s calls for broadband providers to do more to protect children from sexually explicit material. Currently parents who wish to protect their children from pornographic websites must use filtering controls. But internet service providers (ISP) could begin blocking these websites at the source, meaning that people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: ex-minister wants drugs legally available</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-ex-minister-wants-drugs-legally-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-ex-minister-wants-drugs-legally-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drug classification]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Critics have hit out at a call by a former Home Office drugs minister for all drugs to be legally available. Watch a BBC debate on the issue Labour MP Bob Ainsworth said there should be a system of legal regulation where some substances could be sold under licence and others would be prescribed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government unveils &#8216;major change&#8217; in drugs strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-unveils-major-change-in-drugs-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-unveils-major-change-in-drugs-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More addicts will be helped to become drug free, and not simply kept on substitute drugs, the Government has said. The previous Labour Government was slammed for its &#8216;harm reduction&#8217; method of dealing with drug addicts, which includes keeping abusers hooked on methadone as a substitute for heroin. But the coalition Government has hit out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On this day, Newton urged Wilberforce to stay an MP</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/on-this-day-newton-urged-wilberforce-to-stay-an-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/on-this-day-newton-urged-wilberforce-to-stay-an-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, 225 years ago, one of the most important conversations in British history took place. It was between the young politician, William Wilberforce, and the evangelical minister, John Newton. Watch the video Wilberforce had recently become a Christian and was considering going into the pastoral ministry, as many evangelicals felt that politics was no place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt unveils plans to curb the nation’s binge drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-unveils-plans-to-curb-the-nations-binge-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-unveils-plans-to-curb-the-nations-binge-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of bars across the nation are expected to slash their opening hours in response to the Government’s crackdown on binge drinking Britain. The crackdown was revealed by Home Secretary Theresa May yesterday as she unveiled the Coalition’s Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill. And in addition to proposing a £4,500 levy on pubs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soft porn for jails seen as &#8216;soft touch approach&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/soft-porn-for-jails-seen-as-soft-touch-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has come under fire for plans to install digital TVs in Scotland’s prison cells – giving inmates access to soft porn channels. Opposition MSPs have reacted furiously at proposals for prisoners to have access to over 100 digital channels in their cells, saying it will outrage ordinary members of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surge in female violence linked to binge drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/surge-in-female-violence-linked-to-binge-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/surge-in-female-violence-linked-to-binge-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An alarming increase in the number of angry and physically aggressive teenage girls may be linked to a rise in binge drinking, anger management experts warn. The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) reveals it is dealing with more and more “out-of-control” and aggressive young women. BAAM’s findings reaffirm statistics that show a staggering 200 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism minister proposes relaxing slot machine laws</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/tourism-minister-proposes-relaxing-slot-machine-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/tourism-minister-proposes-relaxing-slot-machine-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government has announced plans to further weaken gambling laws in a bid to prop up failing slot machine arcades and bingo halls. The proposals were announced by the Minister for Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose. Critics say gambling disproportionately affects the poor and can lead to serious addiction. John Penrose, who is the Conservative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannabis could raise the risk of cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cannabis-could-raise-the-risk-of-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cannabis-could-raise-the-risk-of-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Smoking cannabis could suppress the immune system and raise the risk of cancer, according to new research by the University of South Carolina. Tests done on mice showed that the drug caused a production of cells that weaken the body’s immune system, making it more vulnerable to cancer. The research was reported in the European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arnie says &#8216;no one cares if you smoke cannabis&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/arnie-says-no-one-cares-if-you-smoke-cannabis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/arnie-says-no-one-cares-if-you-smoke-cannabis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger has caused outrage by claiming that “no-one cares” if people smoke cannabis, during an interview on a popular US chat show. But when the law on cannabis was softened in the UK it turned out to be a public policy disaster with thousands of lives blighted by cannabis-related harms. The actor-turned-politician was defending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex shop next to school store faces legal challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sex-shop-next-to-school-store-faces-legal-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sex-shop-next-to-school-store-faces-legal-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sex shop in Cornwall that is set to open right next to a school uniform shop is facing a legal challenge from a local resident and a Christian charity. The firm Mrs Palm Limited was controversially given the go-ahead to open a sex shop in Truro by Cornwall Council in August, but many locals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: more girls in hospital over booze issues than boys</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-more-girls-in-hospital-over-booze-issues-than-boys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-more-girls-in-hospital-over-booze-issues-than-boys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Increasingly rampant&#8221; underage drinking is having a devastating impact on our society, a new report by an alcohol awareness charity shows. Watch Tom Smith, from Alcohol Concern, discuss the charity&#8217;s report Amongst the report&#8217;s shocking findings, charity Alcohol Concern says that more girls than boys were admitted to hospital for alcohol problems between 2004 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>£9 million lottery winner drank himself to death</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/9-million-lottery-winner-drank-himself-to-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/9-million-lottery-winner-drank-himself-to-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A father-of-two who won millions on the National Lottery became so bored after giving up his job that he turned to booze and eventually drank himself to death. Keith and Louise Gough won £9 million in 2005, and like many others Mr Gough saw the win as the “answer to his dreams”. But the couple, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heroin addicts to get free &#8216;drugs kits in Scottish jails</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/heroin-addicts-to-get-free-drugs-kits-in-scottish-jails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/heroin-addicts-to-get-free-drugs-kits-in-scottish-jails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prisoners in Scotland are set to be given free drug sterilisation kits in a controversial bid to help them inject heroin more ‘safely’, according to The Scottish Daily Mail. Critics blasted the scheme as a “gross insult” to the victims of crime and called for more to be done to get inmates off drugs. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine-year-old kids caught dealing cannabis at school</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/nine-year-old-kids-caught-dealing-cannabis-at-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/nine-year-old-kids-caught-dealing-cannabis-at-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of nine-year-old boys has been suspended from primary school after they were caught selling cannabis in the playground for pocket money prices. The case has horrified local parents, and is likely to fuel concern about the number of children experimenting with drink and drugs at an increasingly tender age. Teachers at Cherry Fold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: 60,000 children in Britain are problem gamblers</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-60000-children-in-britain-are-problem-gamblers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-60000-children-in-britain-are-problem-gamblers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of 12 to 15-year-olds in Britain are becoming problem gamblers, a charity that works with gambling addicts has warned. Watch Andy McLellan, Chief Executive of GamCare, comment on the charity&#8217;s report At the time of the Gambling Act 2005, which liberalised gambling laws, The Christian Institute and others warned the legislation would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24-hour booze licences at record high</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/24-hour-booze-licences-at-record-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/24-hour-booze-licences-at-record-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of pubs, bars and nightclubs which have been granted a 24-hour drinking licence has rocketed in the last two years, Government figures show. Labour&#8217;s controversial 24-hour drinking laws have come under sustained pressure and in July the coalition Government said they would reform the licensing system. The new figures, from the Department for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scots Govt&#8217;s minimum pricing proposals rejected by MSPs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-govts-minimum-pricing-proposals-rejected-by-msps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-govts-minimum-pricing-proposals-rejected-by-msps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government’s plans to impose a minimum price on alcohol have again been blocked by opposition MSPs. Members of Holyrood’s health committee voted down the SNP policy, and instead backed a Conservative amendment to remove the minimum price of 45p per unit from the Alcohol Bill. This is the second time the policy has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Cross says teach kids alcohol first-aid</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/red-cross-says-teach-kids-alcohol-first-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/red-cross-says-teach-kids-alcohol-first-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than one in ten eleven to 16-year-olds have cared for a friend who was sick, injured or unconscious as a result of alcohol in the past year, according to a disturbing new report. The report, by British Red Cross, was released to coincide with the charity’s new campaign, called Life.Live it, which encourages youngsters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allow cannabis use under licence, says campaigner</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/allow-cannabis-use-under-licence-says-campaigner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/allow-cannabis-use-under-licence-says-campaigner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A professor and long-time drugs campaigner has called for cannabis use to be legalised under licence, despite the disastrous consequences of weakening the law in 2004. Prof Roger Pertwee claimed that increasing the availability of the drug would prevent drug-related crime and reduce the chance of people progressing to harder drugs. But weakening the cannabis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scots plans for minimum price of alcohol unveiled</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-plans-for-minimum-price-of-alcohol-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-plans-for-minimum-price-of-alcohol-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Long awaited plans to introduce a minimum price on alcohol have been published by Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon. The proposed price, of 45p per unit, will be introduced as an amendment to the Alcohol (Scotland) Bill and is expected to be resisted by opposition parties. The change in pricing would mean a two-litre bottle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study claims lap-dancers find practice enjoyable</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-claims-lap-dancers-find-practice-enjoyable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-claims-lap-dancers-find-practice-enjoyable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A controversial study has claimed that lap-dancers enjoy the practice, but an ex-lap-dancer has previously warned it is &#8220;degrading&#8221; and certainly more than just dancing. Dr Teela Sanders, who led the study, says the women spoken to in the research did not feel exploited. But Milly, an ex lap-dancer, in an interview with The Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex shop close to village opposed by locals</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sex-shop-close-to-village-opposed-by-locals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sex-shop-close-to-village-opposed-by-locals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people have turned out at a public meeting against plans for a sex shop near a small English village. Sex shop company Cocktails Limited wants to open a store close to Sawtry, which has a population of just 6,000. Local MP Shailesh Vara gave his support to locals who say a sex shop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol causes almost one million hospital admissions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/alcohol-causes-almost-one-million-hospital-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/alcohol-causes-almost-one-million-hospital-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were almost one million alcohol related hospital admissions in England last year, representing a 65 per cent increase over the past five years. The shocking figure means that almost two people were admitted to hospital for alcohol related harm every minute. The figures also show that alcohol was to blame for almost 16,000 deaths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex shop to open next door to school uniform store</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sex-shop-gets-go-ahead-despite-local-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sex-shop-gets-go-ahead-despite-local-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sex shop in Cornwall has been granted a licence despite its location next door to a school uniform shop and in the face of much local opposition. Listen to a BBC interview with the manager of the school uniform shop (Broadcast on Friday 27 August) The firm Mrs Palm Limited wants to open a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition to focus more on abstinence in drugs policy</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/coalition-to-focus-more-on-abstinence-in-drugs-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government says a &#8220;new approach&#8221; is needed on drug abuse, one which focuses on helping addicts to get completely drug-free. Home Office minister James Brokenshire has set out the strategy, also saying that heroin substitute drug methadone would be used less widely than previously. The last Government was slammed for its &#8216;harm prevention&#8217; method [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Binge drinking is fuelling abortions and promiscuity</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/binge-drinking-is-fuelling-abortions-and-promiscuity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/binge-drinking-is-fuelling-abortions-and-promiscuity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women who binge drink are more likely to have an abortion or take the morning-after pill, according to new research. Research by University College London has revealed that binge-drinking women were 40 per cent more likely to have had at least one abortion over the past year. The study also revealed that women who drink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: temporary ban for &#8216;legal high&#8217; drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-temporary-ban-for-legal-high-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-temporary-ban-for-legal-high-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Powers to quickly put in place year-long bans of so-called ‘legal highs’ will be given to the Home Office as part of an overhaul of current drugs legislation. Watch an ITN News report on the temporary ban And alcoholics and drug addicts who refuse treatment could have their welfare benefits withdrawn under plans being considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lottery winning woman is now poor but happy</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lottery-winning-woman-is-now-poor-but-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lottery-winning-woman-is-now-poor-but-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman who won a £2 million Lottery jackpot as a teenager has revealed how her life spiraled into drug addiction, depression and attempted suicides. Callie Rogers, now 22, said she had hoped the money would help her put the troubles of a broken home behind her, but instead she said the money only brought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illegal porn being sold in local corner shops</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/illegal-porn-being-sold-in-local-corner-shops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/illegal-porn-being-sold-in-local-corner-shops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of illegal pornographic magazines and DVDs have been discovered for sale in corner shops across Tyneside. Trading Standards Officers have seized scores of items which had been packaged to include what are believed to be illegal hardcore pornographic DVDs. The officers also discovered a series of unclassified pornographic films. Sale Dave Ellerington, a trading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayers fund sex trip for disabled man</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/taxpayers-fund-sex-trip-for-disabled-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/taxpayers-fund-sex-trip-for-disabled-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 21-year-old man with learning disabilities is set to use taxpayers’ money to travel to Amsterdam and have sex with a prostitute. Funds for the visit are being taken from a £520 million Government scheme designed to empower those with disabilities, but critics have expressed dismay at the use of public funds to pay for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critics blast top doc&#8217;s &#8216;misguided&#8217; drugs stance</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/critics-blast-top-docs-misguided-drugs-stance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/critics-blast-top-docs-misguided-drugs-stance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A call to legalise drugs by the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has been blasted by critics who say legalisation would simply result in more people taking drugs. Professor Sir Ian Gilmore suggested that weakening the law on dangerous substances such as heroin, cocaine and cannabis would “reduce crime and improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tory MP sponsors ‘Erotica’ dinner in the Commons</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/tory-mp-sponsors-erotica-dinner-in-the-commons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/tory-mp-sponsors-erotica-dinner-in-the-commons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Conservative MP has come under fire for sponsoring a “smutty” dinner in the House of Commons on behalf of an x-rated entrepreneur, according to the Daily Mail. Andrew Rosindell MP is sponsoring Savvas Christodoulou’s controversial “Erotica House of Commons Dinner”, which will be followed by an x-rated ‘after-party’, on 2 October. The hosting of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM backs Manchester&#8217;s bid to ban sale of cheap booze</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-backs-manchesters-bid-to-ban-sale-of-cheap-booze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-backs-manchesters-bid-to-ban-sale-of-cheap-booze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron says he is “very supportive” of a plan to introduce minimum pricing for the sale of alcohol in the Greater Manchester area. Cut-price booze has long been blamed for fuelling the devastating effects of binge-drinking on the nation. A group of ten local authorities in and around Manchester is hoping to introduce a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN report reveals 4 per cent of Scots using cocaine</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/un-report-reveals-4-per-cent-of-scots-using-cocaine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/un-report-reveals-4-per-cent-of-scots-using-cocaine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland has the most widespread cocaine use in Europe with almost four per cent of the adult population taking the drug, according to a shocking UN report. The UN report put Scotland sixth in terms of opiate use worldwide, only behind countries such as Afghanistan and Russia. Critics said the report shows the Scottish Government&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITV&#8217;s call girl show harms anti-trafficking message</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/itvs-call-girl-show-harms-anti-trafficking-message/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/itvs-call-girl-show-harms-anti-trafficking-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Scottish woman’s campaigner has slammed the popular portrayal of prostitution as an empowering enjoyable activity in shows such as Secret Diary of a Call Girl, warning that it is putting women in danger. Ann Hamilton, head of the Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance (TARA), warned that such shows, accompanied by the increasing popularity of scantily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Govt bans adverts for sex jobs from jobcentres</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-govt-bans-adverts-for-sex-jobs-from-jobcentres/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-govt-bans-adverts-for-sex-jobs-from-jobcentres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adverts for jobs that involve sexual stimulation have been banned from taxpayer-funded jobcentres in response to &#8220;significant public concern&#8221;. Watch a BBC interview with Mr Grayling The ban, which was announced yesterday, means that the Jobcentre Plus network will no longer advertise jobs that involve “direct sexual stimulation” &#8211; such as strippers and lap-dancers. Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second &#8216;legal high&#8217; drug NRG-1 has been banned</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/second-legal-high-drug-nrg-1-has-been-banned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/second-legal-high-drug-nrg-1-has-been-banned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A second so-called &#8216;legal high&#8217;, NRG-1, has been banned and made a Class B drug, the Government Minister for Crime Prevention James Brokenshire has announced. The substance is similar to Mephedrone, which was banned in April after being linked to a spate of young deaths in the UK. The Government’s drugs watchdog, the Advisory Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scots school pupils in drink and drugs shame</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-school-pupils-in-drink-and-drugs-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-school-pupils-in-drink-and-drugs-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least 550 Scottish school children, including primary aged pupils, are being thrown out of class for using drugs or alcohol each year, new figures disclose. Of Scotland’s 32 councils only nine authorities reported back with figures, suggesting numbers could be much higher. A Sunday Post report reveals that children in Scotland are more likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Secretary says 24-hour drinking laws aren&#8217;t working</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-secretary-says-24-hour-drinking-laws-arent-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-secretary-says-24-hour-drinking-laws-arent-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labour&#8217;s all-day drinking laws have failed, the Home Secretary has said as she laid out plans to reform the licensing system. Theresa May said 24-hour drinking has not lived up to the promised continental-style &#8216;café culture&#8217; and added that the police and A&#038;E units are left to clear up the effects of binge drinking. Mrs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour grandee slams 24-hour drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-grandee-slams-24-hour-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-grandee-slams-24-hour-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour’s 24-hour drinking laws were a “terrible mistake” and have taken a devastating toll on society, according to a Labour Party grandee. Labour introduced 24-hour drinking in 2005 amid hopes that the new laws would create a continental style ‘café-culture’ in the UK. But Roy Hattersley has slammed the naivety behind the move, saying it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSP launches new plan to outlaw prostitution</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-launches-new-plan-to-outlaw-prostitution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-launches-new-plan-to-outlaw-prostitution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plans to criminalise prostitution in Scotland will be launched in the autumn, following a consultation with relevant groups. Trish Godman, Labour MSP for West Renfrewshire, has asked clerks to draw up a list of agencies that should be consulted ahead of a bill being drafted. This follows the decision by MSPs in April of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop warns against peril of alcohol abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bishop-warns-against-peril-of-alcohol-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bishop-warns-against-peril-of-alcohol-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Church of England must be “more up-front” about the dangers of alcohol abuse, a leading Anglican Bishop has argued. Bishop of Manchester Nigel McCulloch said: “The Church of England continues to encourage the biblical principle of moderation. But the Church must be more up-front about alcohol’s insidious and evil effects.” “This is an important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt body calls for end of methadone reliance</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-body-calls-for-end-of-methadone-reliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-body-calls-for-end-of-methadone-reliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug addicts should not be allowed to stay on drug substitutes like methadone indefinitely, according to the government body responsible for drug treatment. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) says its aim is to rebalance the system and “ensure that successful completion and rehabilitation is an achievable aspiration for the majority in treatment”. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government set to call time on 24-hour drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-set-to-call-time-on-24-hour-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-set-to-call-time-on-24-hour-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour&#8217;s disastrous 24-hour drinking laws look set to be ditched under new coalition Government plans, while figures show over 80 per cent of young adults can be classed as binge drinkers. The previous Government hoped to create a &#8220;café-culture&#8221; with its all-day drinking laws, but there is now widespread agreement that this failed to materialise. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decriminalise personal drug use, top barrister suggests</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/decriminalise-personal-drug-use-top-barrister-suggests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/decriminalise-personal-drug-use-top-barrister-suggests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A senior barrister has suggested that personal drug use should be made legal, but critics have slammed any such move saying it would send out the wrong message. Nicholas Green QC, who is Chairman of the Bar Council, said it would be &#8220;rational&#8221; to consider decriminalising personal drug use. However his comments have sparked criticism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council officials go ahead with lap-dancing visit</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/council-officials-go-ahead-with-lap-dancing-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/council-officials-go-ahead-with-lap-dancing-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of local councillors has gone on a fact-finding visit to a lap-dancing club, despite residents expressing outrage when the visit was first mooted. Cornwall Council&#8217;s Miscellaneous Licensing Committee and three council officers went to the Temptations T2 club on 29 June. The trip was to help the Committee make decisions on new licensing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSPs vote down Govt-backed lap-dancing curbs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msps-vote-down-govt-backed-lap-dancing-curbs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msps-vote-down-govt-backed-lap-dancing-curbs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have all opposed Scottish Government-backed plans to crack down on lap-dancing clubs. Sandra White, an SNP backbencher, had proposed a law which would have given local authorities greater powers to refuse applications. But despite receiving backing from Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill, the plans were defeated by 76 votes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: children &#8216;scared&#8217; by adult drinking, study finds</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-children-scared-by-adult-drinking-study-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-children-scared-by-adult-drinking-study-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly a third of UK children feel scared when they see adults drinking, a survey for the BBC&#8217;s children&#8217;s TV programme Newsround has shown. The survey found that half of the children questioned had seen their parents drunk at some time. Watch a clip from the Newsround programme Over 40 per cent of young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents warned over end-of-exam drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/parents-warned-over-dangers-of-end-of-exam-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/parents-warned-over-dangers-of-end-of-exam-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents who buy booze for end-of-exam holidays are putting their children in danger, according to new research by a leading alcohol charity. The research, carried out by Drinkaware, revealed that nearly 40 per cent of parents would provide alcohol for an end-of-exam holiday if requested. It also revealed that 36 per cent would prefer their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol abuse is costing NI up to £884 million a year</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/alcohol-abuse-is-costing-ni-up-to-884-million-a-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/alcohol-abuse-is-costing-ni-up-to-884-million-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol abuse is costing Northern Ireland up to £884 million a year, according to shocking new figures. This staggering cost is likely to inflame concerns about the devastating toll which alcohol abuse is taking on society. The figures, which are based on prices from 2008/09, from the province’s health department reveal that the estimated cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City licensing chiefs left powerless in alcohol row</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/city-licensing-chiefs-left-powerless-in-alcohol-row/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/city-licensing-chiefs-left-powerless-in-alcohol-row/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Glasgow Licensing Board’s plans to bar supermarkets from expanding their sales of alcohol have suffered a setback in the face of a wave of legal actions. Last month the city&#8217;s Licensing Board denied a number of supermarkets space to increase their alcohol sales following new powers given to them by the Scottish Government. But now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oxford City Council set on lap-dancing crackdown</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/oxford-city-council-set-on-lap-dancing-crackdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/oxford-city-council-set-on-lap-dancing-crackdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxford City Council is using new powers to crack down on &#8220;exploitative&#8221; lap-dancing clubs, in a move welcomed by a local church. St Ebbe&#8217;s Church is campaigning against a lap-dancing venue close to its premises and praised the Council for its &#8220;determination to rectify the situation&#8221;. Local councils across England and Wales now have more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holyrood rejects minimum pricing plan for alcohol</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/holyrood-rejects-minimum-pricing-plan-for-alcohol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/holyrood-rejects-minimum-pricing-plan-for-alcohol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing have been dealt a fresh blow after MSPs voted to reject them. The proposal for minimum pricing was included in the Scottish National Party’s (SNP&#8217;s) Alcohol Bill which aims to tackle excessive binge drinking in the nation. But last week MSPs voted in favour of an amendment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour wrong to ignore public on lap-dancing</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-wrong-to-ignore-public-on-lap-dancing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-wrong-to-ignore-public-on-lap-dancing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Labour Government should have taken more notice of people&#8217;s concerns about the proliferation of lap-dancing clubs and betting shops in high streets, Ed Miliband has said. The former Energy and Climate Change Secretary, who is running for the Labour leadership, said he would want residents who had concerns over the clubs to have more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap-dancing club overturns city council’s ban in court</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lap-dancing-club-overturns-city-councils-ban-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lap-dancing-club-overturns-city-councils-ban-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Glasgow lap-dancing club has overturned the council’s decision to deny its application for a new licence. The City of Glasgow Licensing Board turned down the Seventh Heaven strip club, and another city centre venue called Spearmint Rhino, last June. And earlier this month Glasgow Sheriff Court threw out an attempt by the Spearmint Rhino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pubs and bars could face penalty for rowdy revellers</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pubs-and-bars-could-face-penalty-for-rowdy-revellers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pubs-and-bars-could-face-penalty-for-rowdy-revellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pubs and bars responsible for filling the streets with drunken revellers could be forced to pay back financially to the public, according to a report by a national newspaper. The new proposal is the coalition Government’s first step towards its pledge to combat binge-drinking and turn around the 24-hour drinking laws. The money taken from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Binge-drinking teens could be harming their memories</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/binge-drinking-teens-could-be-harming-their-memories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/binge-drinking-teens-could-be-harming-their-memories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teenagers who binge on alcohol could be affecting the part of the brain that controls memory, a new study has shown. Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California found that binge drinking could lead to teenagers being forgetful and absent minded in the future. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millions spent funding convicts&#8217; drug addictions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/millions-spent-funding-convicts-drug-addictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/millions-spent-funding-convicts-drug-addictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prisoners should not be dictating the Government’s policy on drug treatment for inmates, the author of a devastating new report has warned. Max Chambers has blamed the Integrated Drug Treatment System (IDTS), which will cost taxpayers £44.5 million in 2010/11, for fuelling a dramatic increase in the frequency and length of prescriptions for methadone and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charities back Scottish council over booze ban</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/charities-back-scottish-council-over-booze-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/charities-back-scottish-council-over-booze-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scottish alcohol awareness charities have supported a move by Glasgow City Council to curb supermarkets&#8217; sale of alcohol. The City&#8217;s licensing board rejected moves by major supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury&#8217;s and Marks and Spencer, to increase space to sell alcohol because the stores could not prove the plans would promote public health. Following the decision, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top judge: alcohol-fuelled violence is plague of Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/top-judge-alcohol-fuelled-violence-is-plague-of-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/top-judge-alcohol-fuelled-violence-is-plague-of-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s binge drinking culture is to blame for the rise of violence plaguing our communities, a senior judge has said. “Ordinary, decent people” have been left too scared to walk the streets at night because of alcohol-fuelled yobs, warned District Judge Alan Berg. Judge Berg, speaking after jailing a female student who he labelled a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No appetite for weakening cannabis laws in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/no-appetite-for-weakening-cannabis-laws-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/no-appetite-for-weakening-cannabis-laws-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scottish support for legalising cannabis has dropped by 13 per cent in eight years, according to a major survey, and now proposals that &#8216;go soft&#8217; on offenders face criticism. A mere 24 per cent of those questioned in 2009 wanted cannabis to be legalised, compared with 37 per cent who said they would back any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny £53 fine for porn mags at kids&#8217; eye level</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/tiny-53-fine-for-porn-mags-at-kids-eye-level/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/tiny-53-fine-for-porn-mags-at-kids-eye-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=3152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Scottish newsagent has been fined just £53 for selling pornographic magazines on the bottom shelf, but critics are concerned the small fine will not restrain other shops from doing the same. Saeed Ahmed, who runs News World in Kirkcaldy, had the magazines taken away by police as evidence and was charged under a little-used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-binge drinking champ set to become a Tory peer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent anti-binge drinking campaigner is set to be made a Conservative peer in the House of Lords. Helen Newlove, of Warrington in Cheshire, has campaigned against binge drinking and alcohol-related violence since her husband was brutally murdered by drunken youths in 2007. Garry Newlove’s death spurred his wife into action and in 2008 she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bargain booze at Tesco  despite binge drink pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bargain-booze-at-tesco-despite-binge-drink-pledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tesco has been criticised for selling alcohol for as little as 69p a pint, just days after its Chief Executive hit out at cheap drink promotions. Last week Sir Terry Leahy said he supported moves by the Government to crack down on binge drinking after a survey for his supermarket revealed customers&#8217; concern about excessive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap-dancing club fails to win licence in Glasgow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Licensing chiefs in Glasgow have secured a significant legal victory in a bid to shut down a prominent lap-dancing club in the city. Spearmint Rhino was denied a licence by the council’s licensing board last May after CCTV footage revealed that the club’s dancers were flouting the council’s code of conduct. During an inspection of [...]]]></description>
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