British Isles
Cardinal to lead Irish sex abuse investigation
07 Jun 2010
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Emeritus Archbishop of Westminster, will lead a team of senior Catholics sent by the Pope to Ireland to investigate how the Church was able to cover up decades of sex abuse by…
Teenagers in Doncaster are being encouraged to list 101 ways to show love without having sex on their prom night. In a refreshing change from the ‘take a fist-full of condoms’ approach, NHS Doncaster has launched…
‘Child in the Midst’ - 5 - 6th June
07 Jun 2010
Viva has facilitated the World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk since 1995. The scale of this weekend has grown over the years and now, as we partner with many prayer ministries and networks, millions…
The Not Dead Yet UK ‘resistance’ campaign
07 Jun 2010
The campaign kicks off with the launch of a charter that will be sent to all MPs, asking them to support the campaign’s aims and commit to fighting for disabled and terminally ill constituents. Campaigners point…
Politicians should do more to calm tensions during the marching season, the police have said. It cost almost £3m to police parades last summer and the bill could be even higher this year. There are fears…
For the people of west Cumbria, the events of this week will be almost impossible to comprehend. In this part of north west England, shootings are rare and major crime is almost unheard of. But in…