British Isles

Ex-magistrate appeals his removal from NHS trust

19 Jul 2018
Richard Page has won permission to appeal his removal as a non-executive director of an NHS trust where he worked. He was removed from the bench as a magistrate for his belief that…

Heatwave turns UK into giant tinderbox

19 Jul 2018
The fire on Saddleworth Moor is out, but the fire service told the public to stay safe on the moorlands, especially as schools are closing. Between 15 and 19 July there have been…

Christians protest outside Nigerian High Commission

19 Jul 2018
On 18 July a protest was organised by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, to mark 150 days since 15-year-old Leah Sharibu was kidnapped by Boko Haram in…

Voodoo nurse guilty of sex trafficking

12 Jul 2018
A London-based nurse has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after subjecting them to ‘voodoo’ rituals. Josephine Lyamu forced them to swear oaths to hand over…

For the nation and all in authority

12 Jul 2018
A 19th-century prayer from Rev H Stobart: ‘O God, our refuge and strength, who orders all things in heaven and earth, look down with your mercy upon us as a nation. Remember not…

Trump’s visit causes huge police operation

12 Jul 2018
President Trump’s ‘working’ visit to the UK has attracted large-scale protests, as activists have had plans for major demonstrations laid out for months. The police response is the biggest since the riots in…

Brexit must be workable to avoid no deal

12 Jul 2018
As the Government revealed details of its EU withdrawal plans, Brussels has warned Theresa May that the proposals must be workable in order to avoid a no-deal scenario. UK’s new Brexit secretary, Dominic…

Troubles flare in Northern Ireland

12 Jul 2018
Vehicles were stolen and torched during disorder linked to loyalist bonfires. A pipe bomb exploded close to a police operation in Belfast. Police were warned that loyalist paramilitaries were planning to ‘orchestrate and…

Scotland: priest 'spat on and threatened’

12 Jul 2018
Four people were arrested when an estimated 4,500 people marched through the streets of Glasgow on on 7 July as part of the annual Orange Walk. A priest was attacked outside St Alphonsus’…

Should people be forced to be gay?

12 Jul 2018
Rod Liddle, of the Spectator, spoke about gay conversion therapy and the Government proposals making it illegal saying, ‘This is all at the behest of campaigning bodies like Stonewall, and their insistence that…