PA: British Isles & Ireland
Friday, 09 July 2010 16:46
Increases in crime documented
The statistics set out in Crimestoppers website are shocking in their summaries of the growth over recent years of all types of crime. Crimestoppers is an independent charity working to fight crime and well worth supporting…
Friday, 09 July 2010 16:44
Christians must not be sidelined
A senior Government official has said that Christians should not be sidelined for their faith and that Christianity has a valued and important role to play. Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,…
Friday, 09 July 2010 16:40
We must do more on knife crime
David Cameron hinted at tougher sentences for knife crime in the wake of the latest ‘absolutely horrific’ death of a 15-year-old in London. The fatal stabbing of Zac Olumegbon outside his school in West Norwood on…
Friday, 09 July 2010 16:39
David Cameron: Church schools ‘under threat’
The Church of England was warned last week that, unless there are further amendments, its 140-year-old partnership with the Government over schools could be ended by the new Academies Bill. The warning came in a client-advice…
Friday, 02 July 2010 19:04
Cortege of seven servicemen
The families of seven servicemen killed in Afghanistan joined thousands of well-wishers yesterday evening as their coffins were driven through Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. It was the largest single repatriation since the bodies of eight soldiers…
Friday, 02 July 2010 19:02
Chaplaincy to the armed forces
150 years ago the Methodist Church purchased land in the garrison town of Aldershot to provide a place of worship for the men stationed in the camp. The Methodist Conference has celebrated 150 years of this…