British Isles
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:55
Tony Blair should stand trial for war crime over Iraq?
Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, a leading candidate to head the Labour party, has said former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried for war crimes over the 2003 Iraq war if evidence shows he broke…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:54
Euthanasia: Doctor slams NICE end-of-life guidelines
A leading doctor has slammed new guidelines prepared to replace the much-criticised Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Dr Patrick Pullcino, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Kent, says the draft…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:53
Ofsted accused of 'ignoring' the bullying of Christian students
Colin Hart, director of the Christian Institute has said Ofsted and the Department for Education have given ‘inadequate attention’ to the ‘bullying of Christian pupils’. His remarks follow a recent letter from the schools’ chief inspector…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:52
BBC documentary reveals schoolchildren rude and idle
Chinese teachers give instruction for 12 hours a day and Chinese schools are at the top of international ratings in maths, sciences and literacy. Recently, five Chinese teachers spent a month teaching in a Hampshire school…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:51
David Cameron accused by some of lack of compassion over asylum crisis
Speaking with the backing of the Church, the bishop of Dover accused the Government of forgetting their humanity and attacked the media for propagating a ‘toxicity’ that spread hostility towards migrants. The Right Rev Trevor Willmott…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:50
Catholic Church – pro-active approach to clerical sexual abuse
The Catholic Church will apply nationally a project that pro-actively approaches sexual abuse by clergy. A recent pilot of the system resulted in doubling the number of people reporting abuse in a nine-month period. A Survivors’…