British Isles
Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:14
Scottish Cardinal condemns ‘aggressive secularism’
In his Easter Sunday homily, delivered in St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh, Cardinal Keith O’Brien stressed the ‘common ancestry’ of all Christians as he paid tribute to friends in the Church of Scotland and reiterated the…
Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:12
Church planting increases
Church planting is back on the Baptist agenda - but though more congregations are being started it's harder to reach people, as fewer know the Christian story. The results of a survey about new Baptist congregations…
Thursday, 21 April 2011 14:33
God is not done with Britain yet
There may be chaos in our lives and in the nation too, but Christians serve a God who can bring order out of that chaos and use what little we give to bring about big changes.…
Thursday, 21 April 2011 14:32
Weak censors mean kids now watch x-rated movies
‘Cynical directors and weak censors mean our children can now go to films that would have been x-rated ten years ago’, a film critic has warned. Chris Tookey’s comments came in response to the release of…
Thursday, 21 April 2011 14:30
Girls go top of the class for cyber-bullying
Teachers will today call for an investigation into rising levels of poor behaviour among girls in the classroom. The girls, they argue, are more likely to resort to cyber-bullying – the form of bullying utilising the…
Thursday, 21 April 2011 14:29
Electrician faces sack for displaying cross in his van
An electrician faces the sack for displaying a palm cross in the window of his company van. Colin Atkinson, 64, from Wakefield, has been called to a disciplinary hearing at the housing association where he has…