Domestic violence accounts for 10% of emergency calls
One in 10 emergency calls to police are categorised as domestic violence related, rising in some areas to a fifth of all 999 alerts. The figures, obtained following freedom of information requests, have prompted fresh demands for a long-term strategy to tackle Britain's 'hidden crime.' Home Office data reveals that more than a million British women a year experience domestic violence, although experts believe the vast majority of incidents remain unreported. However, domestic violence conviction rates in the five years to 2011 stood at just 6.5% of incidents reported to police. Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, said: 'Last year the domestic violence rate was twice as high as the burglary rate. Two women every week are killed at the hands of their abuser in England and Wales, yet it still isn't given enough priority to keep people safe.' Cooper is currently consulting on ways to better protect women, saying too much complacency surrounds the issue.
Pray: for all those affected by domestic abuse and for measures to be taken to reduce the level of such abuse. (Col.3:19)
More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/24/domestic-violence-emergency-calls-data
Gradually the attitude of Mexicans about their nation’s security is brightening. There has been a “sharp reduction of bloodshed” along the border area and in the country at large according to a news report. The October murder rate in the city of Juar
The aim of the Conference is to bring together the people of God, the holy priesthood, intercessors, worshipers - the five ministries - which led by the Holy Spirit, the release Brado Lion of Judah in the Church and in the areas of influence of society, the word prophetic for every season we pursue the revolutionary revival of the kingdom of God in Brazil and nations.
Our vision is to inspire and enable prophetically seeds of life, from strategic places in this generation and the next, redeeming the land and releasing the skies amid a revival revolution watered by worship, prophetic intercession in compassion for the great harvest.
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Starbucks in row over Internet porn free-for-all
Coffee giant Starbucks is failing to filter out pornography from its free in-store wi-fi, leading to concerns about children accessing inappropriate material. The coffee chain was warned over a year ago about the problem but still has not rectified the situation. Baroness Massey, a former chairman of the Family Planning Association, highlighted the issue in the House of Lords and called on the Government to remind ‘high street companies of their duties to protect our children’. She cautioned: ‘In Starbucks anyone can have full access to anything the Internet has to offer including the most obscene websites.’ Baroness Massey said that McDonald’s had ‘told its wi-fi supplier that it did not want customers coming in to bring up pornographic images that people sitting on nearby tables may see’. Speaking for the Government, Viscount Younger of Leckie said he was ‘alarmed’. He said the issue would ‘certainly’ be followed up to ‘find out what can be done to resolve it’.
Pray: that pressure on Starbucks to change its policy over access would succeed. (Ps.12:7)
More: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/starbucks-in-row-over-internet-porn-free-for-all/
Vince Cable attacks corporate 'tax abuse'
Business Secretary Vince Cable has condemned corporate tax avoidance as ‘completely unacceptable’, saying there are ‘appalling stories of abuse’. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show UK authorities should do more to stop it. However, he said that tackling the issue required international agreement as well as domestic action. His comments came after executives from Starbucks, Google and Amazon were grilled by MPs, although the firms say they operate within the tax rules. The executives were questioned earlier this month by the Public Accounts Committee about how they used favourable European tax jurisdictions for their UK businesses. Starbucks, for example, has made a taxable profit only once in its 15 years of operating in the UK. As a consequence, the company is thought to have paid just £8.6m in corporation tax over the period. Mr Cable told Andrew Marr: ‘The best off in society have got to contribute more, and that includes companies.’
Pray: that our Government will be successful in dealing with companies who avoid their full corporation taxes. (Mk.12:14)
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20384428
