British Isles
Friday, 11 November 2016 11:09
Tram derailment: churches join PM in prayers
Churches joined the Prime Minister in assuring affected families of their prayers after five people died and 50+ were hospitalised when a tram tipped over in Croydon. Emergency services spent hours freeing trapped people. Theresa May…
Friday, 11 November 2016 11:07
London man convicted of terror offences
Jabed Hussain, from Acton, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Thursday to two counts of preparing terrorist acts after being caught at the Turkish border. The 22-year-old first attempted to reach the IS strongholds in…
Friday, 04 November 2016 10:08
Jailed terrorists back on UK streets
Two-thirds of convicted terrorists released from jail in the last fifteen years refused to engage with prison de-radicalisation programmes that address extremist behaviour. They have served their sentences and are back on Britain's streets, many still…
Friday, 04 November 2016 10:07
Reviving the ‘art of church’
Gently she writes with crooked handwriting in her notebook next to me. More lines than curves in her script, but it’s not a foreign language or anything. Lying open beside her scribbled prayers and notes is…
Friday, 04 November 2016 10:05
Justin Welby on religious freedom
The Archbishop of Canterbury gave the opening keynote address on Wednesday at the Council of the Wise, a two-day dialogue in Abu Dhabi on integration, religious freedom and flourishing societies. It was organised by the Muslim…
Friday, 04 November 2016 10:04
Sainsbury's support campaign on food waste
The Evening Standard’s campaign to tackle food waste and hunger has won the backing of Sainsbury’s and the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The supermarket chain made an undisclosed donation to the charity ‘The Felix Project.’ It…