PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Make mental health bigger priority
Mental health needs to be more of a priority, with targets for waiting times and more protection for funding, says England's chief medical officer. Dame Sally Davies said there were signs that funding was being cut…
Friday, 05 September 2014 01:00
Scotland’s referendum
Jim Murphy, the former Scottish Secretary, was forced last week to suspend his ‘100 towns in 100 days tour’ when groups of independence supporters started disrupting the events. They shouted down members of the public, intimidated…
Friday, 05 September 2014 01:00
Wales: NATO summit Thursday and Friday
Last Friday kitchens, toilets and washing facilities were installed at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) peace camp at Newport's Tredegar Park, where it is estimated thousands of protesters will camp ahead of the NATO summit…
Friday, 05 September 2014 01:00
British Christians intimidated into hiding their faith
Former Conservative Attorney General has suggested ‘an aggressive form of secularism’ in Britain is threatening to ‘sanitise’ the country of faith and exclude Christians from the public space. Dominic Grieve says he finds it extraordinary that…
Friday, 05 September 2014 01:00
Sex education for seven-year-olds' say Lib Dems
Friday, 05 September 2014 01:00
How should we respond to British jihadism?
The news that there are 'significant numbers' of Britons fighting for extremist Islamist groups abroad, one of whom is implicated in the murder of US journalist James Foley, has prompted calls for action against radical Islamism…