Articles
Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:55
Northern Ireland takes further steps to tackle obesity
Overweight and obesity are risk factors for many long-term health conditions and there are too many Northern Ireland people whose weight may contribute towards their ill health. On Monday Health Minister Simon Hamilton pledged to tackle…
Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:54
Scotland’s Sunday school survey
The Free Church of Scotland’s Youth Committee has published a report from the denomination’s largest-ever Sunday school survey. Entitled ‘Pointing to Jesus’, the committee wants to help Sunday schools and other youth groups point children to…
Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:52
Number of young homeless is 'more than three times the official figures'
The true number of young people who are homeless far exceeds government figures, according to a major new study by housing experts at Cambridge University being released on Monday. Some 83,000 homeless young people have had…
Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:51
Keeping Sunday special - back on the agenda
George Osborne has announced an 'Enterprise bill' for the autumn which will include provisions for handing over decisions about Sunday trading rules to local mayors and councils. It's out for consultation. Our society still has one…
Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:49
Outreach to Muslims
Horizons International, Frontiers, Mahabba and Marathana are just four of the many organisations God is using to develop Christian outreach initiatives into Muslim communities in the UK. God wants all the nations to know Christ, and…
Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:47
IS has declared war on Britain
On BBC Radio Four's Today programme David Cameron said that IS had declared war on us; we are being attacked at home and abroad whether we like it or not, and there are people in Iraq…