British Isles
Thursday, 23 April 2020 23:38
Faith and Police Together
Policing covers a vast range of issues. Often non-crime-related issues take up a considerable amount of time and resources where local needs are many and varied. Faith communities can help the police in numerous ways by…
Thursday, 23 April 2020 23:37
Fake news causes fear of doctors
Smartphones and social media have connected families who are separated in lockdown. They have also generated a blizzard of dangerous fake news. In Bradford online posts of non-white patients being left to die in hospitals are…
Thursday, 23 April 2020 23:34
Covid-19 fraudsters
Everyone has movement restrictions, and millions are working from home or have stopped working. As a response, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced huge packages of financial assistance in grants for the self-employed and paying…
Thursday, 23 April 2020 23:32
Covid-19 scams
Conmen are preying on virus fears, with bogus online stores selling face masks and hand sanitiser and fake emails mimicking official health bodies to trick recipients into downloading computer viruses or giving away passwords. There are…
Thursday, 23 April 2020 23:30
New sex education regulations
The new relationships and sex education regulations, normalising same-sex relationships and gender fluidity to children as young as three, could become compulsory from September. However, schools are closed. The legally-required consultations with parents to determine schools’…
Thursday, 23 April 2020 23:28
Barclays - climate plan
Pressure group ShareAction has called on Barclays Bank to ‘phase out’ financing energy companies that are not aligned with the Paris climate accord. Barclays is close to securing qualified investor support for a new action plan…