British Isles
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
Fresh travel chaos as emergency passports may not be accepted
Fresh travel chaos emerged today as ministers admitted emergency passport extensions are not accepted in dozens of holiday hotspots. Nearly three quarters of countries will not accept passports given 12-month extensions under plans to alleviate the…
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
John Sentamu condemns businesses that underpay workers
Dr John Sentamu has condemned businesses that pay less than the living wage, calling on the government to put an end to the harsh reality for millions of UK workers: ‘Low wages equals living in poverty.’…
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
UK law is 'intolerant' towards Christians, says cardinal
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor warns that UK law does not protect the rights of Christians, branding it ‘intolerant’. The former Catholic Archbishop has called for greater religious freedom in Britain, insisting that the law has done ‘too…
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
Thousands of mothers involved in repeat child care cases
Thousands of mothers over the past seven years have had successive children removed by family courts in England, the BBC has learned. Court records for that period show 7,143 mothers were involved in repeat care cases…
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
UK boys 'lured to Syria to fight'
The father of a British teenager who travelled to Syria to join jihadists believes his son was radicalised by an imam at a UK mosque. Rahim Kalantar told the BBC his son Ali, 18, travelled to…
Thursday, 19 June 2014 01:00
‘Sinister’ Scottish law puts State in place of parents
The Scottish NHS has written to parents saying that all future correspondence and medical reports about their children will be shared, without their consent, with a ‘Named Person’ appointed by the State to oversee their children’s…