British Isles
UK and the Mozambique debt crisis
22 Sep 2017
Liam Fox, secretary of state for international trade, has visited Mozambique, which is in a debt crisis after surreptitiously borrowing from two London-based banks in 2013. The loans remained hidden until 2016: none were agreed by…
Theresa May condemns modern slavery
22 Sep 2017
Theresa May has told the UN that people need to wake up to the horrors of modern-day slavery, and victims must have confidence to come forward and be given the support they need. She added, ‘Modern…
Friday Focus: empowering peer to peer evangelism
15 Sep 2017
The best and most authentic evangelism takes place in the context of relationship. Mission Academy Live launches on 16 September, using 10 video-based sessions to empower thousands of 11-18s across the country to reach out -…
UK response to British territories’ needs
15 Sep 2017
Troops and police officers have been sent to the British Virgin Islands, where 100 ‘very serious’ prisoners escaped from jail after hurricane Irma. Boris Johnson said the military presence there is ratcheting up now, with a…
Parents remove son from CofE school
15 Sep 2017
A six-year-old boy’s parents removed him from a church school, in a row over another boy wearing a dress. Their son was confused as to why the boy dressed as both a boy and a girl.…
Priests-in-training and the BCP
15 Sep 2017
The Prayer Book Society gives free copies of the 17th-century Book of Common Prayer to first-year students in theological colleges. This year they will also be given a key to some of the BCP’s more old-fashioned…