British Isles
Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:40
Faith schools could win right to choose all their pupils
Downing Street is considering plans to allow faith schools in England to select all pupils based on religion, repealing a 2010 cap. This cap requires faith-based free schools and academies to allocate half their places without…
Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:38
Asylum seeker accused of killing pensioner ‘for sake of Palestine’
Alid Ahmed, a Moroccan asylum seeker in England, is accused of murdering 70-year-old Terence Carney and attempting to murder his housemate Javed Nouri, a Christian convert, citing ‘revenge’ for Israeli actions in Gaza as his motive.…
Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:32
Redmans speak out on abuse they experienced at Soul Survivor
Matt and Beth Redman, Grammy-winning worship leaders, have publicly discussed the abuse they endured from Soul Survivor founder Mike Pilavachi. Matt Redman revealed that Pilavachi, whom he met at 13, engaged in inappropriate physical contact under…
Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:27
March busiest month for A&Es - 2.35 million attendees
March marked the busiest month on record for A&E departments in England, with 2.35 million attendances. This surpasses the previous high, in December 2022. The total for the year up to March was also a record…
Friday, 05 April 2024 10:13
Legal experts call for halt in British arms exports to Israel
A letter signed by over 600 legal experts, including three ex-Supreme Court justices, says that the UK is potentially violating international law by supplying arms to Israel, The pressure on Rishi Sunak to halt arms exports…
Friday, 05 April 2024 10:10
UK and US to partner on safety testing AI models
The UK and the USA have embarked on a landmark partnership for AI safety testing, with technology secretary Michelle Donelan formalising the collaboration. This will align the efforts of both nations' AI safety institutes to test…