British Isles
Extreme weather - travel disruption and floods
24 Jun 2016
Today cars were submerged, two polling stations in Kingston and one in Barking were closed, and several people were rescued by boat, as flooding affected London and the southeast. Fire brigades attended more than 400 incidents…
Sir Cliff: 'illegal collusion'
24 Jun 2016
Sir Cliff Richard believes the broadcasting of a police raid at his Berkshire home in 2014 was the result of ‘illegal collusion.’ The operation - broadcast live by BBC News - came after allegations that the…
Belfast school not to use gender words
24 Jun 2016
The Girls' Schools Association (GSA) has issued advice to a Belfast school to ‘not use the terms girls, young women or young ladies’ when addressing pupils in certain circumstances. They say that ‘pupils’ or ‘students’ would…
INSIGHT: EU referendum
17 Jun 2016
Since 20 February, when David Cameron announced that the UK would vote on Britain's membership of the EU on 23 June, well-known Christian figures have aired their thoughts on the EU. They range from theologian Krish…
Praying for the EU and the referendum
17 Jun 2016
This week’s prayer points from the WPC’s 'Every Vote Counts' prayer guide are: Ask God to lead all who are undecided how to vote (Ps. 27:14). For the release of a new hunger for prayer for…
Archbishop on homophobia
17 Jun 2016
The Archbishop of York appeared on Piers Morgan’s ITV show to discuss the referendum, but the presenter changed the topic to the church's views on gay rights following the attack in Orlando. Dr Sentamu refuses to…