PA: British Isles & Ireland
Monday, 19 May 2014 01:00
Kirk to host post-referendum service of reconciliation
The Rev John Chalmers, Moderator Designate of the Church of Scotland, is to conduct a reconciliation service three days after the referendum on Scottish independence. The Church says that the service, to which leading figures from…
Monday, 19 May 2014 01:00
Assisted suicide horror should be resisted, says senior RC
Legalising assisted suicide would open a ‘Pandora’s box’ and lead to ‘horrible consequences’, a senior Roman Catholic Archbishop has said. Archbishop Antonio Mennini explained that the ‘reality’ of assisted suicide should be revealed, as he warned…
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 01:00
Nick Clegg backs legalising cannabis
The Deputy Prime Minister joined 20 academics to endorse a London School of Economics study condemning our war on drugs as a costly failure and recommending ‘rigorously monitored’ regulation of illegal drugs. It said countries should…
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 01:00
Traditional values are secret of our success, say Scouts, as membership soars
Holding on to traditional values – including keeping God in its promise – has helped the Scouts see a dramatic increase in members, the organisation’s chief commissioner has insisted. New figures show that the number of…
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 01:00
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams urges calm after release
Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody on Sunday amid fears that his four-day detention could destabilise the British province. He was arrested over the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a killing he repeatedly denies.…
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 01:00
Will the UK's Bible colleges survive into the future?
With the International Christian College in Glasgow and St Michael's College in Cardiff both recently announcing their closures, are UK Bible colleges in a state of peril? The principal of the ICC says the nation's Bible…