British Isles
Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
Head teacher sets ‘digital detox’ challenge
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere these days, including schools. In fact, one in three children between the ages of five and fifteen has their own tablet. One primary school head teacher has got so fed up…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Scotland’s Assisted Suicide Bill Defeated
‘In every free democratic society there are limits placed on human freedom in order to protect the common good and vulnerable people. It is right that the law is not to be changed to accommodate the…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
UK Churches urged to live-stream services on social media
A plan has been suggested to enable people who are ill, too nervous to attend church, or who have family commitments on Sundays to take part in church services. It will help mums and dads throughout…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
20,000 worshippers at the ‘Big Church Day Out’
More than 20,000 campers and day visitors descended on the Wiston Estate near Steyning, Sussex, for a two-day event over Pentecost weekend. The Big Church Day Out offered families the Big Church Fete where there were…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Lord Falconer’s suicide bill
Earlier this week, Labour peer Lord Falconer said he would reintroduce a Bill at Westminster attempting to allow assisted suicide for patients in England and Wales who are deemed to have less than six months to…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Petition launched against ‘Named Person’ scheme
Campaigners opposing Scotland’s controversial Named Person scheme launched a new petition last weekend, tapping into mounting opposition to the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act passed at Holyrood last year. Under the law, every child in…