British Isles
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
David Cameron 'wrong' on Mediterranean migrants, says Amnesty
Amnesty International has said the Prime Minister David Cameron was ‘completely wrong' to say at Prime Minister’s Questions that ‘the vast majority of Mediterranean migrants are not asylum-seekers’, in answer to a question about the UK’s…
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
The rise of the awkward half-grace - and why it needs to stop
There was a time when Christians felt self-confident enough to thank God in a public restaurant for the food, for the people who prepared it and for the establishment in which they were consuming it. We…
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
Police crime figures 'dead in the water', says City of London police chief
Crime figures compiled by police are ‘dead in the water’, said the Commissioner of City of London police Adrian Leppard. ‘Police figures provided only a small prism of the harm to communities’. Victim-based surveys offer more…
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
Media still discussing euthanasia and its influence on disability
A businessman who was paralysed by an accident when he was a teenager has said legalising assisted suicide would be ‘very detrimental’ to disabled people. Adam Thomas now designs kitchens specifically for disabled people, but says…
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
UK could host US nuclear missiles
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Philip Hammond said the government would tentatively consider hosting US nuclear missiles on UK land for the first time since the height of the Cold War in light of…
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
Head teacher sets ‘digital detox’ challenge
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere these days, including schools. In fact, one in three children between the ages of five and fifteen has their own tablet. One primary school head teacher has got so fed up…