British Isles
Friday, 27 October 2017 10:54
Islamic finance in the UK
Islamic finance has been welcomed uncritically into the UK. Today there are over twenty lenders in the UK offering Islamic financial services. The British government has been promoting Islamic finance for some years, and in 2014…
Friday, 27 October 2017 10:51
Recovering patients to be put in people's spare rooms?
A pilot scheme in Essex, called CareRooms, would have patients waiting for discharge from hospital staying with local residents who have a spare room. Increasingly, hospitals are full of patients who have nowhere to go. NHS…
Friday, 27 October 2017 10:48
Tory MP accused of McCarthyism over Brexit
In 1947 people suspected of un-American activities were asked by Senator Joe McCarthy, ‘Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?’ Recently, Conservative government whip Chris Heaton Harris asked vice-chancellors…
Friday, 20 October 2017 11:18
Friday Focus: hope for ex-offenders
Isn’t it a wonderful truth that through Jesus we can be released from our past, make a new start and enter into relationship with the living God? Ex-offenders know how past actions have affected their freedom…
Friday, 20 October 2017 11:15
Brexit and ‘political posturing’
‘Posturing’ by Brussels in Brexit negotiations is posing high risks for businesses on both side of the talks. Welsh UKIP MEP Nathan Gill said that the EU's obsession with three key Brexit issues is causing unnecessary…
Friday, 20 October 2017 11:12
UK missionaries kidnapped in Nigeria
On 13 October four Britons were snatched by gunmen in Nigeria’s southern Delta state. The region holds most of the country’s crude oil and is Nigeria’s economic mainstay. Kidnapping for ransom is common in parts of…