PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:34
Former magistrate challenges government
In 2016 Richard Page was sacked as a magistrate and lost his position as a non-executive director at an NHS trust, after saying that it was best for adopted children to be placed in families headed…
Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:32
British Steel collapse
As the Government looks for a new owner for British Steel, Liberty Steel has been flagged as a potential buyer, with a clear interest in the Scunthorpe plant. At present 5,000 jobs are at risk: 3,000…
Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:12
Another call to review relationships and sex education
RSE (relationships and sex education) is a contentious issue. Several schools in Birmingham recently suspended the teaching of an LGBT+ inclusive programme, No Outsiders, after protests from parents. Stephen Fry and others wrote to the education…
Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:09
Vulnerable people in secure units
Up to fifty patients who should be released, some with learning disabilities and autism, are stuck in secure units run by mental health hospital charities. St Andrew's Healthcare treats up to 900 patients with severe mental…
Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:07
Warning against Islamophobia definition
Over forty representatives from a wide range of religious and non-religious backgrounds have written an open letter to the Home Secretary, warning against adopting a proposed definition of Islamophobia. They say the definition is ‘deeply problematic’…
Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:03
52 migrants rescued in Channel
Border Force officials intercepted four flimsy dinghies carrying 52 Iranian and Iraqi men, women and children journeying from northern France to the Kent coast. The people-smuggling gangs make thousands of pounds from sending refugees across the…