PA: British Isles & Ireland
Friday, 06 November 2020 00:26
Security alert upgraded
The UK terrorism threat has been upgraded to ‘severe’ after terror attacks in Vienna and France. This is its second-highest level, meaning that an attack is ‘highly likely’. Previously it was simply deemed ‘likely’. Home secretary…
Friday, 06 November 2020 00:25
Cocaine supplied from CofE-owned house
Four men have pleaded guilty to drug offences after selling cocaine from a property owned by the Diocese of Exeter. In May the group was arrested in Ide, near Exeter, after police discovered 2kg of the…
Friday, 06 November 2020 00:23
Pray for spiritual growth in lockdown
Based on a post by Passion for the Nation: ‘Ecclesiastes speaks of a time and season for everything under heaven. We can pray that during the four lockdown weeks, God’s people will take hold of the…
Friday, 06 November 2020 00:20
Lockdown worship rules may change
Last week faith leaders from across the UK wrote to the Government, urging it to re-evaluate the closure of worship places. On 4 November health secretary Matt Hancock, speaking to the House of Commons, said, ‘Ministers…
Friday, 06 November 2020 00:18
Locked-down churches keeping in touch with children
How can we worship and share our lives, when the two ways of being together - in person and online - are often really difficult for families? Making online church work for children means including them.…
Thursday, 29 October 2020 22:07
Christian groups demand 'safe and legal' channel routes
Christian refugee campaigners have demanded that the French and UK governments provide a safe and legal way for people to escape their countries after French authorities said a five-year-old, an eight-year-old and two adults died when…