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Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Bishop calls for 'spiritual reflection' in schools
In an interview for BBC Radio 4, the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, responded to recent calls from the National Governors' Association (NGA) for the practice of daily Christian worship in school assemblies…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
'Extremist' nurseries to lose funding - Nicky Morgan
Councils are to be given powers to stop funding early-years providers with links to extremism, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced. The move, in England, follows a letter-writing campaign by the British Humanist Association. Members wrote…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Advert mocking Jesus is banned
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an offensive advert featuring a digitally altered image of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil. The image depicted Jesus with his arm around a bikini-clad woman, holding a…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Strategic Development Funding announced
The Spending Plans Task Group of the Church Commissioners and Archbishops' Council has awarded £4.6m to projects from five dioceses from the new stream of Strategic Development Funding. Birmingham, Chelmsford, Leicester, Liverpool and Sheffield have all…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Carey is wrong on assisted dying, says Archbishop
The most senior figure in the Church of Ireland has strongly rejected a former Archbishop of Canterbury’s arguments in favour of ‘assisted dying’. Archbishop of Armagh Richard Clarke said that he found Lord Carey’s comments in…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Divorce concerns soar in kids’ ChildLine calls
The number of Children worrying about their parents’ divorce or separation dramatically increased last year, according to ChildLine in Scotland. NSPCC Scotland, which runs the ChildLine service, reported that they gave almost 600 counselling sessions to…