| Gunmen in Iraq shot five Chaldean Catholic Christians in their Kirkuk homes on Sunday (April 26) in two separate attacks, |
| The UN's WHO has raised the alert over the spread of swine flu to level five - one short of a full-blown pandemic. |
| Cardinal Sean Brady, the leader of Ireland's Roman Catholics, has urged social network users to start sending daily prayers by text, |
| Christians from all denominations will come together for a major conference in July to see how they can maximise the presence of the church during the 2012 Olympics in London. |
| Atheists are targeting schools in a campaign designed to challenge Christian societies, collective worship and religious education. |
| A Christian teacher has been suspended from a senior post for complaining that a staff training day was used to promote homosexual rights. |
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One of the UK's best known youth evangelists Andy Hawthorne is calling on Christians around the world to take part in a million hours of prayer for Manchester, a city in the North West of England that has one the highest rates of knife crime in the country. | 
| | Andy Hawthorne CEO and Founder of The Message Trust | The one million hours of prayer initiative is in partnership with The Message Trust, UCB, Audacious, World Prayer Centre and many others, who are calling for 30,000 Christians around the world to commit to 20 minutes of prayer a day for 100 days for the city of Manchester starting this Friday May 1st. The vision of Andy Hawthorne's ministry The Message Trust is to enable every young person in the city of Manchester to repeatedly hear the Christian message and he strongly believes this will only come about as a result of focused prayer. During the recent ECG conference in Llandudno in North Wales he told me how this initiative came about: "Our vision has always been for our city and our goal is particularly for every young person to hear the Gospel message repeatedly and see this demonstrated. Now we're not going to achieve that without loads of prayer and as we raise our game in terms of much more mission in words and actions we've absolutely got to raise our game in terms of prayer. | 
| | One Million Hours logo | "So we're calling on the nations and saying how about this city in Northern England that for a long time has been like the end of the road for Christianity in Britain, but something is starting to happen. How about joining with us praying that God would continue to move? We want more and the all evidence of history is if you want to see much blessing it involves much prayer so we thought a million hours would be pretty good. "The biggest challenges in the city are mostly around young people involved in gangs in guns and violence and crime," explains Andy. Greater Manchester has one of the highest levels of knife crime in England and Wales and there are seven gun-related incidents in the city every day. Andy believes the only way to tackle these challenges is by reaching the city's youth, which can only be achieved through prayer: "There are many young people who've never heard the good news of Jesus Christ and is it any wonder that their lives are out of control. That's why so much of our effort is going into rea ching young people in the toughest areas. We believe when we see these strongholds transformed the whole city will be blessed and so youth is absolutely at the heart of what we do and we're mobilizing people to pray for them." One of the initiatives of The Message Trust is for Christian workers to live in some of these tough areas as part of the Eden Project. Andy says this is having a major impact in seeing a reduction in the crime rate: "As our teams move into these communities and back that up with powerful prayer we're starting to see crime come down and churches grow. Greater Manchester police tell us some of the areas where we're working have seen a 45% reduction in crime. We're seeing the biggest gang leaders in Manchester who've come to Christ and have gone from being the problem to being the answer. When that happens that's a huge prize, not just a win for the church a win for the city. We're believing as bit by bit we chip away with lots of frontline mission, lots of kindness but also lots of prayer, we'll see these tough places turned round for Christ." Finally I asked Andy to explain how he believes prayer makes a real difference: "Some more intelligent than me say mission is just the mopping up operation. The real battle is won in prayer. There's a battle in the heavenlies for our city. All sorts of evil forces are coming against the powers of the kingdom of God and we advance in prayer. Now we win in the end, Jesus wins. He'll have his kingdom he'll have his prize, he'll have his people, but we are now this side of heaven to be involved in that battle and one of our key weapons of warfare is prayer. "It's not just for the super intercessors, the old ladies who pray for 18 hours a day behind closed doors. It's for all of us and that's why one million hours of prayer is something that everyone can do. Its a hundred days 20 minutes a day. We're challenging people all around the world to pray." To find out more go to: www.1millionhours.com |
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Grigory Bosy and wife Maria have ten children and still work to help many poor families in their remote northwestern region of Ukraine. |
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Grigory Bosy and wife Maria have ten children and still work to help many poor families in their remote northwestern region of Ukraine. "I have been a child sponsorship coordinator with EEO in Ukraine for nine | 
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Grigory Bosy with his miracle boy Davyd | years now," Grigory shared. "I am glad I can serve the Lord and help poor families, but my wife Maria and I are especially thankful for the help our son David received when he was in intensive care. Our sponsors helped us a lot to pay the hospital bills." Baby David Would Have Died Grigory's wife Maria shared the miraculous story of how their youngest son David survived a very difficult birth and is now recovering remarkably well. "When I was taken to the hospital and David was about to be born, the nurse assisting me gave me too many injections to stimulate the birth. She wasn't experienced, and because of that something went wrong." "When David was born his body was wrapped around by the umbilical cord and he couldn't breathe. He had serious problems with his breathing system and he had to stay in intensive care. However, they didn't have the necessary equipment to keep the right temperature for him and to help him breathe." "We were in a small hospital and our whole family just knelt down before the Lord and we asked for His blessing and his provision." Maria continued. "It is an amazing testimony of God's goodness that as the doctors tried to turn the equipment on it worked immediately. Even the doctors were surprised that it worked properly getting oxygen to him because he couldn't breathe by himself. The heat lamp worked and the temperature was also correct. It worked perfectly! "They kept David there until a few days later when they transferred him to the main hospital in Rivne. The equipment worked perfectly until the day David was transferred. Our friend who works there shared that the equipment stopped working the day David left. It was really very old and was supposed to be taken away from the hospital a long time ago. God gave us this miracle for the moment we needed it. "During those days we asked many people to pray. There were many people from different churches praying and we are so grateful. And then we received the financial help from Eastern European Outreach. We didn't expect it. Again, God was providing for us," Maria shared. "It is interesting that the Bible says 'I am the healer and it's my hand that brings healing.' This prophecy was fulfilled in the life of our son. "Praise the Lord that we have this little boy healthy right now though the doctors said he might have problems with his nervous system. They said he could have seizures or other complications, but praise the Lord he is doing fine now." Keep baby David in your prayers. Grigory and Maria Bosy are eternally grateful. To find out how you can sponsor children like those of Grigory and Maria, please go to: www.eeo.org. Lives are truly being changed. Source: By Peter Wooding Special to ASSIST News Service |
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A Christian organization that helps believers prepare for emergencies and natural disasters is calling on Christians across America to 'Be Aware, Be Ready and Be There' for those who don't know Jesus Christ as Savior during the current outbreak of Swine Flu. |
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A CHRISTIAN teacher has been suspended from a senior post for complaining that a staff training day was used to promote homosexual rights. |
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BEIJING, CHINA (ANS) -- While major construction projects in the West have been, for the most part, wound down or interrupted by the economic slowdown no such calm can be seen in the streets and building sites of Beijing, China. | 
| | David Sullivan in China | Starting from the construction of a new major Hilton Hotel at the Beijing Capital Airport all the way to almost every major thoroughfare in this world-class city, the Beijing skyline is filled with cranes everywhere. This is not a rush of completion for the Beijing Olympics, now passed. This is the quickening pace of a growing economy, although somewhat slowed by the economic downturn of Western countries. Suddenly China is being catered to as the potential rescuer of other major currencies. Recently the UK-based charity, Harvest Fields Commissioning International, and its film and TV production arm OLI Productions, was in Beijing to film footage for an upcoming film on China - "Building God's Church in China." The film is the third to be made about the spiritual climate in this Asian nation. The growth and spiritual building of the Christian Church in China resembles the growth and development of the building trade there. Director of HFC International, David Sullivan, comments: "The growth of the church in China is phenomenal. Many estimates put it at over 100 million and growing by 1% each year. Most countries would be discouraged at such a low growth rate but it is consistent and reflects over 1 million new believers in some kind of church every single year." American-born Sullivan, who now lives in the UK, went on to say, "The church situation in China is so complex that even the Christian population is unsure of the ins and outs of it. There are Underground / House Churches, The Three-Self Registered Churches and even some international churches whose attendance is limited to those with a foreign passport. "The House Churches are, for the most part, unregistered. Yet, there are registered House Churches. Within the House Church registration there are two main types of classifications: hard registered and soft registered. In order to more fully comprehend the Christian climate in China HFC International and OLI Productions are producing at least five films on China." "Building God's Church in China" is the third in a series, preceded by "CHINA: Reflections from Heaven" and "BEIJING: City of 1,000 stories." These films are part of a range of DVD films / TV programs named "Into All the World." | 
| | Dan Sullivan during his interview with Brother Yun | The series is currently being broadcast on 15 Christian and independent television networks around the world including SAT 7 (the Middle East), CNL (Russia and worldwide), Gospel Channel (Scandinavia), The Australian Christian Channel, the Alfa and Omega Network (Romania and worldwide), Premier TV (UK), Shine TV (New Zealand), U Channel (Indonesia), the Family 7 Network (Holland), The Miracle Channel (Canada) and IFBN (Israel). A companion series "Principles of Leadership" is also currently being broadcast and features well know Christian leaders such as New York Times best selling author Joyce Meyer, Dr. Luis Palau, Andrew Wommack, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, George Verwer, Lisa Bevere, Loren Cunningham, Brother Andrew (author of the best selling book "God's Smuggler") and Brother Yun (author of the best selling book "The Heavenly Man.") Harvest Fields Commissioning International is a UK Registered Charity with the purpose of assisting in raising up and encouraging churches and leaders in over 45 countries and on all 5 continents for work in churches, charities and other humanitarian assistance groups. Its websites are at: www.agapelive.net and www.hfci.net. Source: By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries |
Government policy addresses the “mechanics” of teenage sex and pregnancy but fails to teach children about commitment, the Archbishop of Wales has said. |
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The advertisement will be screened after 9pm on several channels, including ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. |
| Children in Northern Ireland are twice as likely to pray regularly as children in other parts of the UK, |
| Leaders of the Presbyterian Church of Wales have written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown urging the Government to end its opt-out of a European directive that limits the working week to 48 hours |
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The Government and the Church of England have outlined a blueprint to help churches, charities and local authorities work better together to deliver community services such as health, day care and post offices. |
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Britain is one of the least religious nations in Europe, according to a major survey by the European Union to be published next month. |
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God will not intervene to prevent humanity from wreaking disastrous damage on the environment, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. |
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Christians across the UK and around the world will join in praying this week for world leaders and decision makers to unite around a new vision for the global economy based on values like partnership and care for the vulnerable. |
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A second ship carrying donated food to Rwanda was attacked last week by pirates off the coast of Somalia. |
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Maryam Rostampour (27) and Marzieh Esmaeilabad (30) are active members of Iran's Christian community. |
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The Baptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA) is urging its members to vote in national and provincial elections set for April 22 in South Africa. |
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The BBC says A History of Christianity, a major new series of six one-hour programmes, |
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The Message Trust is appealing for one million hours of prayer for Manchester between May 1 and August 9. |
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Malnutrition killed 242 patients on NHS wards in a year, |
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Pupils and parents are becoming increasingly confrontational with teachers in Britain’s schools. According to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, a quarter of teachers said they had been attacked by a pupil and 40 per cent of teachers had suffered verbal or physical aggression from a parent or guardian. One mother blamed the school when her 14-year-old daughter became pregnant and another the school for her 16-year-old daughter’s drug habit. Some schools are reported to be employing nightclub bouncers, prison officers and ex-soldiers in place of supply teachers to keep order while pupils work on pre-prepared assignments. One teachers’ union wants a 10-per-cent increase in wages and only four days a week in the classroom. Pray for higher educational standards and less time lost by pupils’ misbehaviour. Source: Prayer Digest |
 | | Students at a GFA Bridge of Hope center like this one have fled their villages after skirmishes between the Indian Army and a rebel group made the area unsafe. | MANIPUR, INDIA (ANS) -- A Bridge of Hope center in Manipur, India, was forced to close after the area around the center was caught in the crossfire between the Indian Army and a rebel group last week. |
 | | These children are enjoying learning from the Bible and singing songs! | SOUTH ASIA (ANS) -- When a group of Gospel for Asia-supported Bible college students and a staff member arrived at the home where they had been invited to hold a prayer meeting, they found that the family was remembering a loved one who had died. So the team took this opportunity to minister to them and share the love of Christ, and even this somber occasion led to the hope of new spiritual life for the villagers who attended. The team had been reaching out among local children for two months, building rapport with the community. They began a Sunday school for the children, who enthusiastically responded and loved learning the action songs they taught them. Noticing the students' faithfulness, some youth encouraged them to start a Sunday prayer meeting in their village. When these young people mentioned that mornings and afternoons were not good times for them, the students gave it some thought and decided to hold services for the community at 8:30 on Sunday evenings. The night they came out for the first service, they arrived there later than intended. But it was all in God's hands. As they walked in, they saw that the villagers were mourning the death of a loved one. | 'The students can see an illuminating candle of hope in the eyes of the parents.' | The team sang a few songs and began to comfort the family with passages from the Scriptures. Everyone gave full attention to the reading of God's Word. Finally, the workers prayed for the family and the dozens of others at the service that evening. The prayer meeting was the beautiful start of weekly gatherings in which the Lord has been working. Approximately 10 children have been flocking in regularly for Sunday school, and 10 people have been faithfully attending the worship services. People are very attentive to God's Word, and the children eagerly sing the songs and listen to the Bible stories the students teach them. "The children learn so fast and they sing beautifully," remarked a field correspondent. "Therefore, our missionaries decided to start teaching them Bible verses, too." The children's parents respect the workers and often come and sit to take in and observe what is happening in the Sunday school. Sometimes they have specially asked the missionaries to teach Bible truths to their children. "The students can see an illuminating candle of hope in the eyes of the parents," the correspondent said.  | | Hearing the redemptive love of Christ proclaimed among them has made these villagers joyful. | The students often walk distances close to 22 miles over the course of a weekend to lead the worship services and Sunday schools in several neighboring villages where the people hunger for God's Word. At the same time, their ministry has not gone unnoticed by those who oppose their work and accuse them of trying to convert people. "We are not here to convert anyone," team members responded, "but to reveal the truth that would set them free." They are doing their ministry carefully and wisely in these areas. Please pray for the love of Jesus to take root and grow in the heart of each person who is hearing about Him. Pray, too, for divine protection and wisdom for the team as they minister in these areas. Source: Assist News |
Amnesty International appealed for urgent action last week for two Iranian Christian women held with no legal counsel for over a month suffering high fever and infections with no medical care in a crowded cell of 27 other women. |
A UN conference in Geneva from 20th to 24th April hopes to support the fight against discrimination, |
Association of Protestant Churches: ‘Greetings from Turkey - |
| | | Dr Rowan Williams has challenged Gordon Brown's plans for Britain to spend its way out of the recession and instead called on consumers to curb their appetites. |
An employee at a Christian ‘homeless' charity has been suspended for answering questions about his faith to a colleague at work. |
A UK-wide survey has found that the majority of Britons believe in heaven and life after death. |
UK churches could be sued for refusing to give communion, baptism or church membership to a non-Christian if plans voted for by the European Parliament are adopted by the EU. The Church of England said it wants to raise concerns with the Government about religious liberty after MEPs put forward a ‘wishlist’ of worrying changes to a new EU Directive. The MEPs want to remove important exemptions from the Directive, which covers discrimination in the provision of goods and services. These exemptions currently allow religious bodies to restrict some services, such as communion, to those who share their religious beliefs. If the MEPs’ changes are accepted, it could become illegal for a church to refuse to provide a non-Christian or a practicing homosexual with communion, church membership or baptism. The MEPs also say faith schools should only be allowed to select pupils who share their ethos if this does not “lead to a denial of the right to education”. Under this wording, an atheist may be able to sue a church school which does not accept them on the grounds that their right to education had been infringed. EU Directives are overarching laws introducing a minimum standard which all member states must meet. The MEPs voted for all these changes on 2 April. The EU Directive must now be approved by the Council of the European Union, and though the Parliament view is not binding, it will be influential. It is thought that many representatives of Member States on the Council will recognise that the MEPs’ changes are extreme and will not accept them. Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne, part of the group responsible for the Directive, insisted that the new rules would not affect Christian groups and schools. “I think they’re worrying unnecessarily. If anything it will help to stop prejudice against people who have a strong belief,” she said. However, laws similar to the Directive already existing in the UK have created problems for Christians. Legal experts and Christian groups have warned that the Directive could make the situation here even worse. James Dingemans QC said: “It does seem to me that, without mechanisms permitting the balancing of rights, the Directive becomes internally inconsistent by creating (at least indirect) discrimination against religious believers.” Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan also expressed concerns: “As it stands, this legislation would not only threaten the status of faith schools, hospitals, adoption agencies and the like; it could also force political parties to hire ideological opponents or criminalise single sex institutions.” A spokesman for the Church of England said: “Through the provisions it has included in domestic law on discrimination, Parliament has recognised that churches, other religious bodies and faith schools need to be able to operate without fear of legal challenge as they go about their daily work.” “We would therefore have serious concerns if the exemptions they currently enjoy had to be restricted or removed because of the Directive, and shall accordingly be raising this development with Government.” Simon Calvert, a spokesman for the Christian Institute, said: “UK discrimination law is already pretty extreme, as the forced closure of Roman Catholic adoption agencies shows. “The Directive would make things even worse by transferring ultimate control of equality law to Brussels, beyond the control of our own Parliament.” He added: “The wishlist of amendments that MEPs voted for demonstrates huge hostility to religion. They want to strip out protections in discrimination law that are essential for faith-based organisations to function.” Source: The Christian Institute |
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A Christian charity worker in Southampton has been suspended under ‘diversity’ rules after answering a colleague’s questions about his beliefs on sexual ethics. |
 | | The Dalits in Pankaj's village used to trust in amulets and sacred beads like these. | SOUTH ASIA (ANS) -- Witchcraft is probably not something that would attract people to a new neighborhood. But for Pankaj, |
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WHITTIER, CA (ANS) -- As the Senior Pastor of a mid-size church a few miles east of Los Angeles, I am daily reminded of the affects our current economy is having upon our community and church body. |
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 | | Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti | ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- The Pakistan Minister for Minorities, Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, has said that Christians will be to able to enjoy a holiday on Good Fridays from next year.
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In the late 1950's, David Breese warned our nation about the threat of a Communist takeover. We are also being challenged today by those who would like to defeat us. |
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British reality-TV star Jade Goody's funeral will take place at a church near her home in Essex, southeast England. Goody died March 22 after a battle with cervical cancer. |
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A Texas pastor has collected gripping stories and encouraging thoughts from his years as a missionary in France, and as a pastor in numerous churches. They're all included in a book designed to help Christians worldwide. |
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The vote to keep free speech was lost by 328 votes to 174 last night in the House of Commons with the vote being whipped rather than a free vote. |
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Although Turkey is a secular state, it is a predominantly Muslim country, and much of its Christian heritage has been lost, |
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A proposed amendment to the Coroner's and Justice Bill failed to be discussed yesterday in the House of Commons, |
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A complete overhaul of operations in social services departments was needed because serious flaws were putting children’s lives at risk, |
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An independent report by the UK Healthcare Commission found dehydrated patients at Stafford Hospital.... |
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Terminally ill British reality-TV star Jade Goody was christened with her two sons Bobby and Freddy in a "very short and emotional service," two weeks before she died March 22 of cervical cancer. |
Tony Blair has said political leaders must “do God” if they are to engage properly with the modern world, even if they have no personal faith or religion. |
A grouping of Europe's Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches has urged the European Union to protect Sunday as a day of rest, as the 27-nation grouping considers new regulations on working time. |
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Fathers have a vital role in keeping children safe from abuse, according to an official report into social services commissioned after a number of children known to social service were found to have died as a result of chronic neglect or abuse. |
A Christian minister who has had heated arguments with Muslims on his TV Gospel show |
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Mothering Sunday (22nd March) |
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Having been sentenced to die by leftist rebels for holding Christian worship services in 2006, a pastor in Colombia’s northern department of Arauca took seriously the death threats that guerrillas issued on March 13. |
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A close friend of Dr. Paul Ai Tran, a much persecuted Vietnamese Christian leader whom the communist authorities grew so frustrated with because of his prolific church planting efforts that they deported him from Vietnam in 1999 to the United States, has told ANS that Tran is being held under "city" arrest in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. |
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The controversial Anti-Conversion Bill in Sri Lanka has suffered a great setback with the recent suspension of the Bill by the Parliament as a result of intense opposition from the Christian population. |
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With 160 delegates gathered for the Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church March 17-19, Mikhail Kozitsky an NGO of Christian Foster Families in St Petersburg, Russia challenged the church to step out of their comfort zones and respond to crisis of children at risk. |
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Najeev Chakma was a respected temple priest in his local village. |
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Jossy Chacko is the Founder and International Director of Empart, a global ministry that exists to ignite church planting movements among unreached people. Empart's primary goal is to plant 100,000 churches among unreached people in Asia by 2030. |
Fathers have a crucial role to play in protecting their children from abuse, says Lord Laming in a report prompted by the tragic death of Baby P. |
The results of an official investigation into the effects of gay adoption in Scotland will not be made public, the Scottish Government has said. |
Bill Clinton has been accused of ignorance or wilful distortion of basic biology by claiming human embryos are not ‘fertilised’. |
Kidneys and livers should be harvested from aborted babies to help deal with the organ donor shortage, a stem cell professor has said. |
Muslims have attacked an internet group of more than 300,000 Christians on the popular social networking website, Facebook, prompting thousands to leave the group. |
Christians make a vital contribution to British society but they are being marginalised by public bodies, MPs said yesterday in a parliamentary debate. |
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Nearly 200 people from over 20 local churches in England kicked off a Bible reading marathon last Friday during which the Scripture will be read in public for 10 days. |
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US Defence Secretary said America wants to increase military assistance to Mexico in their fight against drugs trafficking, and praised the Mexican president's courageous effort tackling the cartels that predecessors refused to acknowledge. |
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Dhimmitude' is the term for 'the legal and social conditions of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule'. |
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Riot police clashed with lawyers and opposition activists across Pakistan Thursday as thousands of people defied the government to launch a mass protest that threatens to plunge the country once again into chaos. |
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Arab and Muslim countries are trying to find ways to reassert their dignity and uphold human rights but are increasingly turning inward towards Islamism and its calls for Sharia and caliphate. |
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Michael McLendon rained down terror on three small Alabama towns before finally killing himself in a deadly shooting rampage on Tuesday. |
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The latest shooting at a high school in Germany has left 16 people dead; including the teenage gunman, in Germany's worst such incident since 2002 when 2 pupils, 12 teachers, a secretary and a policeman were killed. |
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A few years ago, the Guardian newspaper called Sweden the most successful society the world has ever known. |
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Germany's Chancellor has been speaking of her shock at the gun rampage in Winnenden. |
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A new policy divide appears to be opening up between the EU and the US over the extent stimulus spending programmes should be used to combat the current global recession. |
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For medical staff, as with most Service Personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq, the working day is about 14 hours with no days off – so it is exhausting and dangerous. |
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Parents face possible court action for withdrawing their children from lessons on gay and lesbian history. |
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Tests found those who admit they believe in God were less likely to suffer anxiety and stress when asked to perform various mental tasks and, as a result, performed better. |
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Gunmen of the Real IRA killed two British army soldiers, at Masserene Barracks in Antrim, and a PSNI officer in Craigavon within the past week. |
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Clergy and others involved in churches in Worcestershire and Dudley will learn more about how the current difficult financial situation could affect their congregations at a workshop on redundancy, unemployment and debt next Wednesday. |
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With the increasing uncertainty in the global economy, and the threat of unemployment and redundancy looming for some. |
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There are proportionately fewer evangelical Christians in France (0.8%) than in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. |
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In Eritrea, where 2,000 Christians have been imprisoned since 2002, three have been martyred this month, Mission Network News reports. |
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Ojas Ganj lost his eyesight completely when he was five years old. |
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The wife of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangarai was killed in a road accident. |
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Many teachers are seriously concerned about a proposed code of conduct which would require teachers in the UK to ‘challenge discrimination’ and ‘promote equality and value diversity.’ |
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A poll carried out for the BBC found 63 per cent of people thought the law should respect Britain’s traditional religious values. |
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An atheist federation has been formed for students in the UK. |
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A Gallup poll asked people in 143 countries ‘Is religion an important part of your daily life?’ |
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More than 10,000 serious criminals who would have been jailed six years ago have been spared jail by UK courts because of more lenient sentencing rules, according to a report by the Civitas think tank. |
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There were prayer gatherings across the UK on Saturday, February 28 to cry out to God about the state of the nation. |
An elderly couple have become the first British pair to die together in a Swiss suicide clinic, it was revealed last night. |
The Government’s tax and benefits system encourages divorce among poorer families, according to a weighty new study. |
A former Government minister has spoken out about Britain’s “national catastrophe” - its “army” of teenage mothers living on benefits. |
Parents who smack their children are like ‘child abusers’, Northern Ireland’s Children’s Commissioner has claimed. |
Fathers are to be airbrushed out of birth certificates for children born to single women by IVF. |
Tony Blair has warned UK Christians they live in an age of “aggressive secularism” and criticised recent “ludicrous decisions” which have seen them punished for expressing their beliefs. |
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