British Isles
Thursday, 05 August 2021 22:01
Climate change and UK oilfield
The COP26 climate change summit will be held soon in Glasgow. Just a few hundred miles away in the North Sea, a particularly thorny problem is developing. Approval for developing the Cambo oilfield was given twenty…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:57
Climate change and prayer
On 23 September many people across the British Isles, young and not so young, will be interceding for the 196 nations and around 30,000 negotiators in the COP26 climate change conference from 31 October to 12…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:54
MP wants AI 'nudifying' tool banned
MP Maria Miller wants a parliamentary debate on banning digitally generated nude images. The nudifying service allows users to undress women in photos, using Artificial intelligence. They had over five million visits in June. ‘Parliament needs…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 21:51
Decisions on vaccinating children
Paul Whiteman of the school leaders' union says UK policy on jabs for children should be led by clinicians. Schools should not be responsible for promoting, enforcing, or policing pupil vaccinations. A record 1.13 million children…
Friday, 30 July 2021 10:32
University students could be told jabs are required
University students will get ‘advance warning’ if they need to have vaccines before moving to halls of residence, Dominic Raab has said. The foreign secretary said decisions will be taken in September - but he was…
Friday, 30 July 2021 10:30
Covid: free school meals in summer holidays
The number of children eligible for free school meals in England has risen since the start of the pandemic. The holidays have begun, and over one in five pupils are eligible. Unlike last summer, the Government…