PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 07 June 2012 21:37
Voters bombard MPs over same-sex marriage
The postbags of MPs are dominated by correspondence over same sex marriage from constituents asking them to oppose David Cameron’s plan to redefine marriage. According to the findings by ComRes, same-sex ‘marriage’ is one of the…
Thursday, 07 June 2012 21:34
Poll finds many Christians 'by name only'
An online quiz that started a year ago examined how consistently Christians are living out the teachings of Jesus Christ and has found an increase in the number of believers who are ‘Christians in name only’.…
Tuesday, 05 June 2012 16:26
Warning over reckless young adults as STIs rise in England
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the up, official statistics show, with experts blaming reckless men and women in their early 20s and men who have sex with men. A separate report says that 70 per…
Tuesday, 05 June 2012 16:25
High Abortion Rate Continues
New figures released (29 May) by the Department of Health show that the high abortion rate in England and Wales continued in 2011 and even slightly increased. Andrea Minichiello Williams, CEO of Christian Concern, greeted Government…
Tuesday, 05 June 2012 16:23
Local officials sideline religion
Local bureaucrats who have no sense of Britain’s religious history are squeezing faith out of public life, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. He says those who think religion is ‘automatically a problem in our public…
Friday, 01 June 2012 08:24
Britons pay for Indian surrogate mothers
The commercialization of wombs is increasing day by day in our society. Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Britain but many Britons are paying Indians to become surrogate mothers for them. This growing trend in India not…