British Isles
Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:25
The legacy of the Paralympics for British Armed Forces
As we watched the closing ceremony of the Paralympics with LCpl Rory Mackenzie, an Army medic who lost his leg in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq in 2007. While addressing the 80,000 crowd, he reminded…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:22
Methodist Church looks to boost evangelism
The Methodist Church has launched a national consultation on evangelism. Methodists across Britain will be asked what evangelism means to them and what they find challenging about it. The online survey will ask them what they…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:20
Christians pray for ‘seismic shift’ in Britain
Christians gathered in central London on Tuesday to pray for God to unite the Church and change the spiritual climate of secular Britain. It was the last prayer meeting by the organisers of the National Day…
Friday, 07 September 2012 11:11
Annual disability sport festival for Olympic Park
An annual festival of disability sport is to be staged at the Olympic Park as part of a £2m package of future Paralympic plans at the east London venue. It is to be linked to a…
Friday, 07 September 2012 11:09
Christian charity donates wheelchairs to Paralympians
With Oscar Pistorius’ unexpected defeat in the men’s T44 200 metre race on Sunday night came an upsurge of interest in the technical side of the Paralympics, namely - do longer blades give the runner an…
Friday, 07 September 2012 11:07
Paralympic athletes 'working harder to break records'
The high number of records being broken at the London 2012 Paralympics is more down to the quality of athletes than improved technology, organisers say. At the half way point of the Games, 228 Paralympic records…