British Isles
Friday, 24 February 2017 09:06
Inequality in the UK
The Equality Trust reports, ‘The richest 10% of households spend more on eating out (£58.40) than the poorest 10% of households spend on housing, fuel and power combined (£44.50). They spend £34.50 per week on furniture…
Friday, 24 February 2017 09:00
Refugees: who should come in?
In the wake of the closure of the Dubs scheme (see article 1 in the Europe section) allowing unaccompanied minors from Calais into the UK, the Government has come under fire. Lord Dubs (himself a refugee…
Friday, 24 February 2017 08:58
Black-majority churches growing fast
Andrew Rogers, a lecturer in practical theology at the University of Roehampton, speaking on Pentecostalism, said that the number of black majority churches in Southwark is so high that, at 240, they are nearly twice as…
Friday, 24 February 2017 08:56
Nuclear bunker raid finds £1m cannabis farm
Wiltshire police have said a large-scale cannabis factory has been found in an underground former nuclear bunker with an estimated street value of £1m. The plants were seized in a midnight raid on Regional Government Headquarters…
Friday, 17 February 2017 09:24
Friday Focus - the quality of mercy
Acts 3:1-10: Peter and John could not bypass need. They had been called by Jesus Christ and filled by his Spirit. Moved with compassion for the beggar, they gave what they had. They had Jesus. They…
Friday, 17 February 2017 09:22
Pledge to pray - ‘Thy Kingdom come’
‘Thy Kingdom Come’ is a global prayer movement, which invites Christians around the world to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus Christ. What started out as an invitation from…