British Isles
World Refugee Sunday, 26 June
24 Jun 2016
While the EU referendum has dominated the news, the Bishop of Durham urges us to remember it is also Refugee Week, which for nearly twenty years has been celebrating the contribution of refugees to the UK.…
Valuing disabled people within the Church
24 Jun 2016
In 2013 the University of Aberdeen birthed ‘Kairos’ to support the spiritual needs of people with learning disabilities and their families. It provides families and professionals with materials to meet the expressed needs of the disabled…
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…