Japan Christian Sites Added To UNESCO World Heritage List

The former Nokubi church for Christians built on Nozakijima Island, part of the Goto islands off Nagasaki Prefecture

A dozen Christian locations in parts of southern Japan where members of the faith were once brutally persecuted were selected for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list on Saturday.

12 Japanese Christian site - The Asahi Shimbun. For Japanese converts, hiding their religion became a matter of life and death, with Christianity banned

Consumer Pressure Urged Over Wild Plant Harvesting For Products

The African cherry yuniz

Consumers are being urged to question where wild plants in products from chocolate to cosmetics have come from as part of efforts to make them more sustainable.

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UK Gambling Operators ‘Should Be Forced To Pay 1% Of Their Profits To Help Tackle Addiction To Betting’

Jack Ritchie, from Sheffield, UK (pictured with his mother Liz) committed suicide at just 24 after battling a gambling addiction 

●UK families of people who committed suicide over gambling addiction spoke out ●They want firms to donate 1% of profits and a introduce a £2 maximum stake ●The UK has an estimated 430,000 adult gambling addicts with 1.57m at risk  

Gambling operators should be forced to pay 1%of their profits to help tackle addiction to betting, a new campaign group has demanded.

Gambling operators should be forced to pay 1% of their profits to help tackle addiction to betting, a campaign group has said. Britain has an estimated 430,000 adult gambling addicts, with 1.57million more said to be 'at risk' of developing a real addiction, and experts have warned that a growing number of children are becoming hooked.