British Isles
Thursday, 25 April 2019 23:13
Church support for new relationship education
This week, a new framework for the teaching of relationships and sex education (RSE) replaced a twenty-year-old version written before smartphones or social media. Despite steps in regulating the internet, primary school-aged children live in a…
Thursday, 25 April 2019 23:11
Half a million UK children missed measles jab
Children should have two measles inoculations to be fully protected, but 527,000 UK children were not given the vaccine between 2010 and 2017. The NHS has warned that measles cases had almost quadrupled in 12 months,…
Thursday, 25 April 2019 23:08
PM plans fourth Brexit vote as bid to oust her fails
A report on 25 April suggests the prime minister is planning to bring forward a law next week to enact her withdrawal agreement, even though it has been rejected by MPs three times. The law is…
Thursday, 25 April 2019 23:04
Children’s food insecurity
4.1 million UK children live in poverty, but how many of these children experience food insecurity? How does it affect their lives and what could be done about it? The Trussell Trust gave food parcels to…
Thursday, 25 April 2019 23:02
Trump to visit UK in June
Buckingham Palace has announced that US president Donald Trump will make a three-day state visit to the UK from 3 to 5 June. Mrs May said that the visit was an opportunity to strengthen our already…
Thursday, 25 April 2019 22:32
CAP online imposters
Supporters of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) are being warned against scams, with online fraudsters posing as the charity. Anyone receiving an email purportedly from CAP but sent from a free email service, such as Google or…