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Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:36
Daughter duped into forced marriage
A Birmingham woman was jailed for four and a half years for duping her daughter into travelling to Pakistan and forcing her to marry a man sixteen years her senior. The judge told the mother, ‘You…
Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:33
Disability 1: special needs not met
11-year-old Adam has weakened muscles, speech impediments and autism, and is a full-time wheelchair user. Adam wants to go out with friends, but this depends on whether he has access to a suitable toilet and changing…
Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:31
Disability 2: attitudes towards disabled
Research for the charity Scope reported that one in eight people hardly ever or never thinks of disabled people as the same as everyone else. Three comments from disabled people: ‘I’ve experienced loneliness as an adult,…
Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:29
Remembrance 100
From 4 August to 11 November 2018 there will be a hundred days of prayer for peace, marking the centenary of the end of World War 1. Some 65 million men were mobilised across Europe during…
Friday, 18 May 2018 11:17
Thy Kingdom Come: celebrate!
Today’s youth meditation: #pledge2pray #celebrate - To celebrate is to do something that isn’t just required or expected. It is to go a bit over the top about someone; to do more than you need, because,…
Friday, 18 May 2018 11:14
US bishop to preach at royal wedding
The head of the US Episcopal Church, the Most Rev Michael Bruce Curry, will preach at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle in Windsor, says Kensington Palace. Curry, from New York, is…