British Isles
Friday, 23 July 2021 10:16
UK’s Olympians
Team GB will be represented by its largest-ever delegation for an Olympic Games on foreign soil, with 376 athletes and 22 reserves competing across 26 sports in Tokyo’s 2020 Games. Also, for the first time, Team…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:46
Bishops’ ‘lavish’ lifestyles
Financial data released by the Church of England shows that each bishop costs almost £120,000 a year, in addition to receiving £46,000 per year as a stipend. ‘As a member of General Synod for over a…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:44
Taking the knee at Euros 2020
England and Italy players took the knee at the Euro final. Priti Patel publicly opposed this at the beginning of the Euros, saying that she did not support ‘people participating in that type of gesture politics’.…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:40
Church of England scraps racial justice officers due to 'costs'
The CofE has abandoned a proposal to appoint 42 ‘racial justice officers’ across the country, one of the recommendations from its report on tackling racism in the institution. In April 47 proposals were made to address…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:37
Stalking rises during pandemic
Police reported ‘significant increases’ in stalking in England and Wales during the pandemic; over 80,000 incidents were recorded last year. However arrests struggled to keep up - growing at half the rate of the rise in…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:34
Equipping the leaders of tomorrow
Society has been shaken over the past year, revealing that we need wise leaders in the church and in the public arena more than ever before. The Evangelical Alliance is inviting Christians working in the arts,…