British Isles
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:40
Prince Charles urges consumers to buy British
The Prince of Wales has urged people to buy British food whenever they can to support family farms and save the countryside. His appeal comes amid growing fears over the economic future of Kintyre as the…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:39
Storm Abigail: damage and disruption
Storm Abigail, the first storm to be officially named by the Met Office, hit the Western Isles, parts of Argyll and the northwest Highlands and Orkney yesterday (Thursday). Gusts of up to 84 mph and waves…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:38
Pupils ordered to chant 'we don't believe in Christmas'
Asif Khan, a teacher at Oldknow Academy (implicated in the Trojan Horse scandal), allegedly led anti-Christian chants of ‘We don’t believe in Christmas, do we?’ ‘and 'Jesus wasn't born in Bethlehem, was he?' at assemblies. He…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:37
Prison worker forced to resign for quoting the Bible in chapel
HMP Littlehey is a ‘Category C’ prison (men there cannot be trusted in open conditions but are unlikely to try to escape) and a Young Offender Institute. Chapel attendance is entirely voluntary. The Revd Barry Trayhorn,…
Friday, 23 October 2015 17:54
The only division that matters is whether a church is dead or alive
Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, has said that the Church must be ‘vision-led, not problem-led’ in the post-denominational phase we are now entering, seeking street-level co-operation between the Anglican Church and the wider Church body. The…
Friday, 23 October 2015 17:53
MP calls for protection of Christian religious sites in Israel
Christian Tory MP Mark Pritchard has urged ministers in the UK Government to speak to their Israeli counterparts about reducing the number of attacks on Christian religious sites in Israel. He spoke out just months after…