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Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:43
Care Not Killing warns of 'copycat suicide'
Care Not Killing, an alliance of over 40 organisations, has today called on the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, to carry out an urgent investigation…
Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:41
Bishop supports Bill to restrict Sharia law
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has lent his support to a Bill tabled in the House of Lords this week to scale back the influence of Sharia law. Sharia - or Islamic law - is used in around…
Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:40
Bishop blames binge-drinking culture for blighting Britain
An Anglican Bishop has hit out at the Government’s failure to tackle alcohol abuse, an issue he describes as ‘one of the major sins of our time’. The Rt Revd Geoff Annas, the Bishop of Stafford,…
Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:38
Christian sacked after abortion leaflet row
Margaret Forrester discussed the booklet with family planning staff at the health centre where she worked because she felt that the NHS was failing to give patients information about the risks and other options to terminating…
Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:36
Christians praying for England's drought-hit farmers
A wet weekend has done little to allay the fears of farmers in drought-stricken parts of England. The Government declared parts of East Anglia and the Midlands to be in a state of drought last Friday…
Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:35
Gambling set to rise; stakes doubled on slot machines
Churches fear that problem gambling is set to rise after the government announced plans to relax rules on the number of fruit machines in arcades and double the stakes from £1 to £2. Two draft Statutory…