An amazing article in the Manchester Guardian of last November, entitled `` Fate Of Redundant Churches '', states than an Archbishops' Commission `` reported last month that in the Church of England alone there are 790 churches which are redundant now, or will be in 20 years' time.

L'Unita and Hoy published identical denunciations of Short's elevation, l'Osservatore Romano and the Christian Science Monitor ignored it, Times of India snickered at it, and the Manchester Guardian simply reported it -- the Fosterites in England were few but extremely militant.

At the closure of the UK Film Council on 31 March 2011, The Guardian reported that " The UKFC's entire annual budget was a reported £ 3m, while the cost of closing it down and restructuring is estimated to have been almost four times that amount.

The Guardian reported that " some of his trial times were almost unbelievable ," and Nurmi went on to train at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles despite his injury.

In April 2000 it was reported in the Guardian that " Railtrack is adopting a deliberate ' culture of defiance ' against the rail regulator ".

On 29 May 2000, the Lagos Guardian newspaper reported that the now ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo commuted to retirement the dismissal of all military persons who fought for the breakaway state of Biafra during Nigeria's 1967 – 1970 civil war.

A study reported in The Guardian concluded that " people who believe they have the greenest lifestyles can be seen as some of the main culprits behind global warming.

Similarly, The Guardian reported of grunge-influenced groups from Yorkshire, including Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Old Romantic Killer Band, The Tempus, Above Them, Pulled Apart by Horses, and Wonderswan.

The Hershey Company, based in Pennsylvania, manufactures and distributes Cadbury-branded chocolate ( but not its other confectionery ) in the United States and has been reported to share Cadbury's " ethos ".< ref name =" Richardson Guardian Sweets ">

In March 2009, The Guardian reported allegations that Israeli UAVs armed with missiles killed 48 Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, including two small children in a field and a group of women and girls in an otherwise empty street.

The First Two Minute Silence in London ( 11 November 1919 ) was reported in the Manchester Guardian on 12 November 1919:

On 11 November 2009, The Guardian reported that the BBC had adapted Money for television as part of their early 2010 schedule for BBC 2.

An article Also in 2000, the Johannesburg Mail & Guardian reported that in a leaked text for a speech Mbeki was to give to an ANC caucus, Mbeki claimed that the CIA and Western drug companies were secretly promoting the view that HIV causes AIDS in order to increase sales of anti-HIV drugs.

In February 2011 The Ecologist and the Guardian reported that Monsanto had " agreed to help " with the costs of remediation, but did not accept responsibility for the pollution.

The Guardian newspaper interviewed a Monsanto representative and reported that the representative " said that any problems with GM soya were to do with use of the crop as a monoculture, not because it was GM.

The Telegraph reported in 2011 that since 2007 / 2008 there had been an 80 percent increase in homophobic crimes in the area, while The Guardian said there had been a 33 percent increase in homophobic incidents between April 2009 – March 2010 and April 2010 – March 2011.

The BBC, Telegraph, Guardian and Independent newspapers reported at the time that during the weeks between arriving in the UK from Nigeria and the attack he had been subjected to bullying and beating, which included homophobic remarks by a group of boys at his school.

In the UK, The Guardian and the BBC have reported on him.

In an interview with The Guardian published 3 May 1993 she reported that her singing lessons with Merriman were the only therapy she was receiving, describing Merriman as " the most amazing teacher in the universe.

In 2008 The Guardian reported that 330, 000 people held an allotment, whilst 100, 000 were on waiting lists.

The issue was given further publicity when The Guardian newspaper reported on the community campaign against the potential impact of the development for the 2012 Summer Olympics on the future of the century-old Manor Garden Allotments.

On August 18, 2009, The Guardian reported that a forthcoming documentary, Coming Back for More by Dutch director Willem Alkema, claims Stone is homeless and living off welfare whilst staying in cheap hotels and a campervan.

According to one recent study reported in the Guardian, there are now 8, 500 former servicemen in prison, making up almost 10 % of the prison population.

Then in 2011 she instigated The Classroom, a website with 36 lesson plans free for teachers to usalise and actualise LGBT issues across the curriculum and in all key stages tied to the national curriculum. www. the-classroom. org. uk It has proved massively popular, upoloaded by the TES and Guardian and now viewed by thousands both in this country and round the world

He has been quoted in The Guardian that 80 % of humans will perish by 2100 AD, and this climate change will last 100, 000 years.

The Guardian reports that in 2007 approximately 40 % of the world's agricultural land is seriously degraded.

According to the Waltham Forest Guardian, " almost a quarter of a million books have gone missing from Waltham Forest libraries amid claims they have been burned or pulped " and the borough's library stock fell by 60 % over the two previous years.

In 2011, The Guardian found evidence that the Journal had artificially inflated its European sales numbers, by paying Executive Learning Partnership for purchasing 16 % of European sales.

Due to the tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, Blind Guardian began working with their former record company, EMI Music, and auctioned off an exclusive studio session for two in the Twilight Hall Studio in Grefrath, Germany for charity in which 100 % of proceeds would be donated to the tsunami relief efforts.

In the wake of the 2009 MPs ' expenses scandal, a poll of readers of the Guardian and Observer newspapers placed support for abolition of the monarchy at 54 %, although only 3 % saw it as a top priority.

In 2005, The Guardian reported that China had 80 % of the international market.

However, a poll conducted by The Guardian and ICM published on 3 April 2008 found that Paddick was the first choice of only 10 % of voters.

In October 2011 the Guardian reported the unemployment rate at 7. 5 %

By the end of December 2003, the Dairy Farm Group and its related associations ran 2, 570 outlets, Wellcome / Food World ( supermarkets ), 50 % share of Maxim's Catering ( restaurants ), Cold Storage ( supermarkets ), Jasons Market Place / Market Place by Jasons ( high end supermarkets ), Shop N Save ( discount supermarkets ), Giant ( hypermarkets ), Mannings / Guardian ( health and beauty ) stores ; it also operates 7-Eleven ( convenience stores ) throughout the region, and IKEA ( home furnishings ) stores in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In March 2012, The Guardian reported the results of an indicative ballot held by the National Union of Journalists among its members at Newsquest, which found that more than 80 % were prepared to strike if they were not given a pay rise within the year.

The Guardian attributed an increase in revenue by 2. 1 % to sales of Super Mario Advance 4, which they describe as strong.

In August 2005 Guardian Media Group ( GMG ) increased its shareholding in Reading 107 FM from 37. 8 % to a controlling stake of 60. 3 % when Milestone Radio Group decided to sell ; the remaining shareholding being owned by the Goodhead Group plc, a company controlled by Reading Football club chairman John Madejski.

The Guardian earned mostly negative reviews from critics, and holds a 14 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

An ICM poll of 1201 people for The Guardian in 1998 found that 47 % believed that the illegality of drugs actually encourages young people to try them.

46 % of UK adults in a 2002 Guardian poll ( of 1075 ) felt that drug addicts who register themselves as such should have access to certain illegal drugs via prescription.

An ICM poll of 1008 UK adults ( aged 16 +) for The Guardian in 2008 found that 38 % would support a scheme, similar to that established in Portugal and Spain, whereby it is not a criminal offence to possess and use drugs privately.

Four days later, on February 24, the constitution was approved, with 99. 87 % of votes for, through a plebiscite, described by a contemporary article in The Manchester Guardian as a " farse " for its lack of vote secrecy and the lack of information given to the rural people.

A poll conducted by ICM for the The Guardian in 2001 revealed that 26 % of Britons supported Northern Ireland remaining a part of the UK, while 41 % supported a united Ireland.

In its early days, the magazine's readership was once memorably described as " 50 % Sun readers and 50 % Guardian readers ".