PA: British Isles & Ireland
Friday, 30 June 2017 15:03
Ofsted chief and ‘British values’
Amanda Spielman, who in January became head of schools’ regulator Ofsted, has vowed to continue promoting ‘British values’. Citing the recent terror attacks as evidence that a greater crackdown on different forms of extremism is needed,…
Friday, 23 June 2017 11:56
Friday Focus: discipleship
The apostle Paul gives us an interesting insight on discipleship. It does not begin in the will but in the mind where we store our beliefs and values. One area for discipleship is our missionality; how…
Friday, 23 June 2017 11:53
Finsbury Park attack
Right-wing extremists have defended the attack in London on 19 June, in which a man deliberately drove a van into a group of Muslim worshippers after late-night Ramadan prayers, by claiming: ‘This is war: we have…
Friday, 23 June 2017 11:50
Lord Adonis urges support for ‘soft Brexit’
Former Labour Cabinet minister Lord Adonis has called on his party to give its 'full support' to Philip Hammond's vision of a 'soft Brexit' instead of the 'ideologically crazed' alternative. He described himself as a 'progressive…
Friday, 23 June 2017 11:48
Doctors and abortion
Doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA) will vote on decriminalisation of abortion at its annual conference (24 to 29 June). The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) are campaigning…
Friday, 23 June 2017 11:32
Day of Rage and reactions
Activists descended on Westminster for a ‘Day of Rage’ protest on 21 June, as Theresa May set out her legislative programme for the next two years in the Queen’s Speech. The demonstration, organised by Movement for…