British Isles
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:30
Nicola Sturgeon and Labour's family impact assessment
Each year more than 20,000 children in Scotland have to deal with a parent going to prison. Labour proposed special assessments to be carried out to help these youngsters. Even though SNP MSPs on Holyrood's Justice…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:25
David Cameron is warned of IS infiltration
Lebanese education minister Elias Bousaab met the Prime Minister during his lightning visit to the region and warned him that IS is sending trained jihadists ‘under cover’ to attack targets in the West, and that two…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:23
Mental health and well-being
The Mental Health Foundation reports that one in ten children aged between 5 and 16 suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder - that’s three children in every classroom. More than half of adults with mental…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:22
Is Jeremy Corbyn anti-Israel?
Newly-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s far-left credentials have found favour in his party, but his overtures to radical Islamists have caused concern among British Jews. Corbyn has been empathetic to Hamas and Hezbollah - terror groups…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:21
Northern Ireland: Praying into roots of rebellion
The roots of Northern Ireland’s problems go back to 1167 and the Anglo-Norman intervention into Ireland’s laws and policing. The two unrelated cultures were never united and found themselves living side by side. The IRA evolved…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:59
Vincent Nichols: we will rise and host refugees
On Tuesday Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, called on UK Catholics to respond ‘in prayer and in real practical action’ to the call to house the 20,000 refugees coming to Britain. This follows Pope Francis'…