British Isles
Thursday, 08 April 2021 21:22
L’Arche Christian communities
L’Arche are committed to providing adults with learning disabilities with the opportunities they need to lead fulfilling and empowered lives through person-centered support. There are eleven L’Arche communities in the UK. L’Arche Brecon are working to…
Thursday, 08 April 2021 21:19
Police discover teenage girl ‘suicide’ group
Twelve girls from southern England were in an Instagram chat group whose name refers to suicide. The group was discovered when three of the girls were found seriously unwell in a street and taken by ambulance…
Thursday, 08 April 2021 21:16
Bishop of Dover on racial equality
Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the Church of England’s first black female bishop, is concerned that a Government’s report on race and ethnic disparities said that the success of the ethnic minority population in education and economy…
Thursday, 01 April 2021 21:56
Anti-Semitism in universities
The Government formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism in 2016. The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, warned that universities faced funding cuts if they failed to adopt the definition by…
Thursday, 01 April 2021 21:53
Teacher fears for his life in cartoon anger
A teacher who showed pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad is in fear for his life. His parents have also gone into hiding, amid growing concerns the wider family may be targeted and even killed…
Thursday, 01 April 2021 21:51
People with Covid symptoms not self-isolating
A study of the test-and-trace system found that fewer than one in five people with Covid symptoms request a test, and few follow full self-isolation rules. The report also found only half of people knew the…