British Isles
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:38
Violence in schools
Tens of thousands of school pupils were suspended from English schools last year for attacking their teachers or classmates. Almost 17,000 of these suspensions involved primary school pupils aged 11 and under, and over 63,000 of…
Monday, 02 August 2010 14:07
INSIGHT ARTICLE: Sovereign Prayers
The monarch and her family are spending part of their summer holiday this week sailing in the Western Isles of Scotland as a special commemoration of Princess Anne’s 60th and Andrew Duke of York’s 50th birthdays.…
Monday, 02 August 2010 14:05
Hospitals propose banning Bible
Hospital managers wanting to ban bedside Gideon Bibles have been attacked by religious leaders who warned that sick people will be deprived of spiritual comfort when it is most needed. The ban, at the Nottingham University…
Monday, 02 August 2010 14:04
Evangelicals confront spiritual malaise
Western Europe has become a region of ‘empty nominalism’ and ‘confused spirituality’ said the chairman of the evangelical Keswick Convention. Dr. Jonathan Lamb told this year’s convention that while millions of people in Western Europe define…
Monday, 02 August 2010 14:02
The health gap between rich and poor
The health gap between the richest and poorest in Britain is now wider than it was during the great depression, according to researchers from Sheffield and Bristol Universities. They say that the gap was gradually narrowing…
Monday, 02 August 2010 14:01
How churches fight belief in witchcraft
African churches in Britain are learning how to safeguard children's rights against exploitative pastors. Monday’s ‘Dispatches’ programme on Channel 4 highlighted the harm caused to children in the UK, mainly from an African background, by church…