PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 07 January 2021 20:55
Laptop-less pupils could overwhelm schools
There are concerns some schools in lockdown could be inundated with pupils without laptops after a change to the vulnerable pupil list. Pupils are learning remotely in England after schools shut to all but children of…
Thursday, 07 January 2021 20:53
Church in lockdown
England’s church leaders welcomed permission for communal worship under new lockdown. Pray that God will help congregations to take care, and for His shield of protection and wisdom to be around the vulnerable. Cardinal Vincent Nichols…
Thursday, 07 January 2021 20:51
NI Nightingale hospital expanded
Belfast’s Nightingale hospital will be expanded to increase the number of intensive care beds from 24 to 32. Currently 20 Covid-19 patients are receiving intensive care at the facility and four beds are available. The Nightingale…
Thursday, 07 January 2021 20:49
Call for new law on non-fatal strangulation
Vera Baird, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, said that data showed non-fatal strangulation was dangerous, prevalent, and often ignored. Current legislation minimises the seriousness of ‘domestic terror tactic’, and so a change to the…
Thursday, 17 December 2020 18:45
Brexit: race against time
Stripping away the spin in both the UK and EU, the prospects of a deal feel very slim at present. In the next few weeks everything rests on intense negotiations behind the scenes. The process is…
Thursday, 17 December 2020 18:43
Rash Christmas Covid rules
In a joint editorial, two leading medical journals have said the UK's plan to ease Covid rules over Christmas is a ‘rash decision’ that will ‘cost many lives’. They said people might see the lifting of…