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Friday, 18 June 2010 17:57
Christians’ 500 days of prayer
The organisers of a national day of prayer are mobilising churches and networks across the UK in a season of united prayer and outreach (See Prayer Alert 2410). Last weekend’s gathering at West Ham football stadium…
Friday, 18 June 2010 17:55
Halt to 'draconian' vetting
The vetting of up to nine million people who frequently work with children, which was due to start next month, was halted by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, pending a review intended to scale back the…
Friday, 18 June 2010 17:53
Sharp rise in repeat abortions
New figures showing a rise in the number of multiple abortions among younger women have prompted criticisms of government sex education policies. A Christian doctor’s group called the statistics ‘profoundly depressing’ and blamed the government’s longstanding…
Friday, 18 June 2010 17:51
NHS chaplains
Hospital chaplains play an ‘important’ role in the NHS, and the Government values their work, a Conservative Peer has said. Speaking in the House of Lords, Earl Howe said the Government is committed to giving patients…
Friday, 18 June 2010 17:48
Bloody Sunday: justice at last
After a 38-year struggle for truth and justice, campaigners for those killed in Derry on Bloody Sunday celebrate the Saville Report's exoneration of the victims and its unequivocal conclusion that the shootings were ‘unjustified’. The Bloody…
Friday, 18 June 2010 17:46
Christians need 'spiritual ambition'
More than 1200 church leaders from 77 countries and 28 denominations attended Alpha International’s conference for leaders from Europe, the Middle East and Africa last week at Holy Trinity Brompton in London. The week aims to…