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Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00
Law Society withdraws controversial Sharia guidance
In a significant policy shift, the Law Society has issued an apology and withdrawn controversial guidance for solicitors on how to draft ‘Sharia-compliant wills’ that would deny women an equal share of inheritance and exclude non-Muslims…
Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00
Philippines: Missionaries attacked, prayed and survived
A gunman shot a Filipino pastor in the foot, pointed a handgun at his head, and demanded to be taken to the American missionaries’ complex. Missionaries Daniel and Colleen Jaquith were woken by gunshots, then the…
Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00
China: The paradox of the rapid spread of Christianity
In China there are more Christians today than there are members of the 87 million-strong Communist Party. They grow by an average of 10% a year, which means there will be 250 million Christians by around…
Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00
Collapse of the two-parent family
The shifting patterns of family life in the UK are exposed in the latest findings from a study of the lives of 13,000 children born at the beginning of the new century. More than one in…
Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00
Sales of ouija boards up 300%
Ouija boards are selling fast. Google reports that sales of the board are up 300 per cent, and it is threatening to become a Christmas ‘must buy’. The culprit is a new Hollywood horror film titled…
Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00
Police took dying girl aged three to hospital after ambulance delay
A three-year-old girl who died after a house fire had to be taken to hospital in a police car because there were no ambulances available. Neighbours spent more than 20 minutes attempting to revive Angel Smith…