British Isles
Ofsted wave of no-notice inspections
19 Sep 2014
There will be 40 unannounced school inspections across England this month, Ofsted has revealed. After the so-called Trojan Horse allegations in Birmingham, there were proposals for inspectors to visit schools without warning. There had been claims…
Children raised in marital homes are better behaved than those brought up by unmarried parents, according to major research funded by the Department for Education. The study of around 3,000 children aged three to sixteen found…
New research released has shown that some of the UK's poorest families can no longer afford to heat water to wash themselves. Debt charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has released statistics showing that of over 1,000…
National day of prayer for Scottish referendum
18 Sep 2014
World Prayer Centre are holding a day of prayer in Birmingham 16 Sept A national day of prayer and fasting will be held on September 17, 24 hours before Scots will go to the polls to…
One in five child deaths in UK 'preventable'
18 Sep 2014
One in five child deaths could have been prevented, according to research published in the Lancet today. Around 5,000 infants, children and adolescents die prematurely in England and Wales every year, although the number is low…
IPSO, the new Press regulator, begins work today with a commitment to be 'rigorous, independent, fair and transparent'. The Independent Press Standards Organisation, whose chairman is the retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Alan Moses, will…