British Isles
Friday, 15 April 2022 04:41
Whitehaven Coal Mine
Governing includes difficult choices, confronting seemingly conflicting demands - and making a decision. So, should the government say yes to a new coal mine in Cumbria that will provide a domestic source of coking coal for…
Friday, 15 April 2022 04:41
Valneva Covid vaccine approved in UK
A new Covid vaccine has been approved for use in the UK by regulators. It is manufactured by Valneva, using more traditional technology - similar to how polio and flu shots are made. It contains a…
Friday, 15 April 2022 04:40
Asylum seekers one-way ticket to Rwanda
Some asylum seekers from across the channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans. Rwanda would take responsibility for them, put them through an asylum process and if successful they will…
Friday, 08 April 2022 04:26
Liz Truss urges return of Cold War diplomacy with Russia
UK’s Foreign Secretary said, ‘The age of engagement with Russia is over. We need a new approach to security in Europe based on resilience, defence and deterrence. There is no time for false comfort. Russia is…
Friday, 08 April 2022 04:25
Government harassment investigations
Tory MP David Warburton was suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation into three allegations of sexual harassment. A few days earlier it was revealed that Labour staffers, Laura Murray and Georgie Robertson, were asked…
Friday, 08 April 2022 04:24
Seeds of prayer - Hope restored
'I will never betray you', Peter declared at the Last Supper. And indeed he stayed close to Jesus all through his arrest and trial, albeit in the shadows. Yet, before the cock crowed he had denied…