British Isles
Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:21
Self-harm not just an issue for girls
Research has found that 24% of boys aged 16 to 24 in the UK self-harm. Sadly, the culture of men not showing emotions or talking through their emotional concerns has a direct link to the suicide…
Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:18
Hidden homelessness
Councils are accused of hiding the scale of the rough sleeping crisis in England by changing the way they compiled figures for the 2018 official count. For example, Southend had 72 people sleeping rough in 2017.…
Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:14
Street preacher arrested
A Twitter video of a street preacher’s arrest in London has been viewed over 1.8 million times. It shows the man confronted by two police officers warning he would be arrested for a breach of the…
Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:09
Amnesty International’s 'toxic culture' of bullying
A review was launched into working practices at Amnesty International after two staff members, Gaetan Mootoo and Rosalind McGregor, committed suicide last year. The review found that ‘organisational culture and management failures’ were the root cause…
Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:07
Seeds of prayer
Unless there is a postponement or a second referendum, the UK will leave (or partly leave) the EU on 29 March. Whatever the exact outcome, this will mark a watershed in our nation’s history and lead…
Friday, 22 February 2019 09:57
IS bride 'potentially very dangerous'
The head of MI6 says that after spending four years with a bloodthirsty terror group, Shamima Begum is ‘potentially very dangerous’, because once someone has been in that environment they will have treacherous skills and connections.…