British Isles
Downgrade marriage, family judge suggests
31 Oct 2014
A family judge says marriage and cohabitation should be put on the same legal footing when relationships break down – but a newspaper columnist says he is ‘utterly and sadly mistaken’. Sir Nicholas Mostyn’s comments were…
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned politicians not to demonise immigrants, a day after a Cabinet minister suggested that some parts of the country felt ‘swamped’ by foreign arrivals. Justin Welby said on Monday that he…
Children and young people have a ‘profound lack of trust’ in the Police, bordering on fear in some cases, a report by MPs and peers has suggested. Children are often treated as ‘small adults’, with their…
A Christian film distributor wants to recruit more than 100 pastors to hold prayers at multi-screen cinemas in the UK. Kingdom Cinema is run by the Rev George Hargreaves, a former music producer and leader of…
Halloween is far from harmless
31 Oct 2014
Christian speaker Rev J John questions what Halloween stands for and believes it is getting ‘darker and nastier’ each year. Halloween has become one of the biggest events in the British calendar. There have always been…
A successful Christian school could face closure for failing to uphold ‘British values’. The school was warned after an inspection by schools regulator Ofsted, in the wake of new regulations introduced by the Government. Ofsted criticised…