British Isles
Failing people with learning disabilities
21 Feb 2020
On 12 February the Equalities and Human Rights Commission launched a legal challenge against Matt Hancock, secretary of state for health and social care, over the repeated failure to move people with learning disabilities and autism…
BMA poll on assisted suicide
21 Feb 2020
The British Medical Association is polling members on its policy on assisted suicide. Since 2006 it has been officially opposed to all forms of euthanasia and assisted suicide. However, if that changes as a result of…
Human trafficking in Scotland
21 Feb 2020
Praise God for Operation Risbalit. Four people have been charged as part of a probe into human trafficking in Scotland. The probe was supported by national counter-terror and financial crime experts, and led by Edinburgh's public…
Britain and EU will ‘rip each other apart’
21 Feb 2020
Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, says that EU and UK negotiators are likely to rip each other apart, with the two sides expected to fight particularly hard over fishing rights and financial services. He…
Driving on wrong side of US air base road
21 Feb 2020
A new video has emerged on social media of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road outside RAF Croughton, near where 19-year-old Harry Dunn died when a car driving on the wrong…
Coronavirus: church, doctors and police warnings
14 Feb 2020
The Archdeacon of London has published guidance to priests about taking precautions in the light of the spread of coronavirus, principally in terms of the risks of infection arising from administering Holy Communion. Pray for God…