PA: British Isles & Ireland
Saturday, 07 January 2017 03:12
Epiphany: Jesus for all
This is week 1 of the Friday Focus 2017 initiative that provides the opportunity for us to pray where we are, and unite across our nations, supporting all ongoing mission and preparing the way for future…
Saturday, 07 January 2017 03:10
2017 - a significant year
2017 is a year of promise. It is 500 years since the reformation that shook the world and reshaped history. It is seventy years since Smith Wigglesworth’s prophecy: ‘When the Word and the Spirit come together,…
Saturday, 07 January 2017 03:08
EU ambassador’s surprise resignation
Sir Ivan Rogers, the British representative to the EU, has resigned from his position without warning, following disagreements with Theresa May’s team. His resignation leaves the Prime Minister without a senior experienced European negotiator, only weeks…
Saturday, 07 January 2017 03:06
First BAME bishop for 20 years
One month after a large group of black and minority-ethnic (BAME) clergy wrote a letter criticising the lack of non-white senior clergy in the CofE, Downing Street has announced the appointment of the first BAME bishop…
Saturday, 07 January 2017 03:04
Is UK aid ‘exporting the dole’?
Tory MP Nigel Evans has harshly criticised a foreign aid programme that hands money directly to Pakistan’s poorest people. Britain currently helps fund the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), which offered cash support to over 235,000…
Saturday, 07 January 2017 03:02
Patients on trolleys crisis in Eire
On Tuesday 3 January a record number of 612 patients in Irish hospitals had to be accommodated on trolleys, falling to 602 the following day. The figures have led to a political outcry, with Labour health…