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Special needs units - disabled children
17 Jun 2016
Plans to shake up special educational needs funding for people with disabilities could see special units close. Cuts from £10,000 to £6,000 a year would be ‘disastrous’ and would not address the wide disparity in funding…
Proposal for Holloway women's centre
17 Jun 2016
The Prison Reform Trust has proposed the establishment of a women’s centre on the site of the existing visitors’ centre at HMP Holloway, which is due to close later this month. Last December the trust wrote…
Magna Carta anniversary
17 Jun 2016
This week, on the anniversary of the Magna Carta (15 June), we can remember the words signed by King John that formed its first clause, ‘that for us and our heirs in perpetuity, the church shall…
France: Euro 2016
17 Jun 2016
Football fans are clashing with each other and the French police. People are being arrested, hospitalised, and some sent home after continued brawling in and around Marseille and Lille. Hundreds of French riot police have been…
Europe: answers to prayer
17 Jun 2016
There are positive and encouraging developments in the Church as evangelicals grow in strength, confidence and a sense of identity in most countries. This is demonstrated by the increase in an evangelical presence in mainline churches,…
USA: senators target gun laws
17 Jun 2016
Four Democratic senators are asking for more gun control legislation after an American born man with an assault rifle entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing 49 and wounding 53. They want an immediate passage of…