British Isles
Friday, 20 May 2016 09:55
Midwives head in abortion row
Cathy Warwick, the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, has been attacked for her decision to give the union's backing to a campaign to scrap the abortion time limit without consulting its members. She…
Friday, 20 May 2016 09:53
Archbishop’s call to end AIDS by 2030
The Archbishop of Canterbury has given his strong support to the work of community-based responses to the global AIDS epidemic. In a video message released before next month’s High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS (8-10 June), Archbishop…
Friday, 20 May 2016 09:51
Soldiers’ defective body armour
British soldiers are raising concerns about their new Israeli-made, army-issue body armour – with one troop suggesting parts of the latest load-carrying system may as well be ‘used as fire fuel.’ The criticism focuses on parts…
Friday, 20 May 2016 09:48
Eleven children in dog attack
A Staffordshire bull terrier was restrained by a parent after biting eleven children in a play park in Blyth, Northumberland. They suffered bite wounds as they remained trapped in the fenced-off area. Nine were taken to…
Friday, 13 May 2016 10:09
Corruption in UK and elsewhere
A summit on corruption was held on Thursday in London. For decades Britain and the west have asked poor countries and failed states to address problems with dodgy money (money invested in western banks, stores, estate…
Friday, 13 May 2016 10:07
Week of prayer has ‘touched a chord’
The call for Christians across England to pray for our nation to know Jesus Christ has ‘touched a chord.’ With tens of thousands of Christians taking part throughout England and beyond this week, Archbishop Justin Welby…