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The Church of England is to urge a Government clampdown on controversial betting machines – described as the 'crack cocaine of gambling' – at its General Synod next week.
The Diocese of London has filed a motion to the Synod slamming the fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) as 'a pernicious form of high street gambling... wholly lacking in any social benefit' and 'causing great harm and misery to thousands of people'.
A total of 3,451 women from Ireland travelled to England or Wales for an abortion in 2015, official figures show.
The Citizens' Assembly meeting in Malahide, Co Dublin, was told today that 135 of these were due to foetal abnormality.
The forum also heard that Irish women are more likely to have a surgical abortion in the UK than medical, which requires an overnight stay.
As a family court judge, Paul Coleridge saw thousands of relationships break down. He explains why it convinced him that the best way of ensuring a stable society in the UK is to strengthen marriage
Throughout my 30 years as a barrister specialising in Family Law, and then twelve years serving as a High Court judge with daily sittings in the Family Court, I witnessed the appalling pain caused by family breakdown. This pain was especially borne by the children involved. Often the cases involved disputes between estranged parents over the custody of their children. Although both parties often cited their love for their children as their motivation, in reality the primary motivator was the visceral bitterness felt by one spouse toward the other.
Allowing for abortion in the case of rape could lead to a number of significant legal problems, the Citizens' Assembly was told.
Tom O'Malley, a senior lecturer in law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, said most rape cases take an average of 645 days to go to court so it would be "impossible" to allow for the criminal proceedings to take place first.
A man allegedly abused as a child by a former bishop has criticised his early release from jail as "a poor reflection on the criminal justice system".
Peter Ball, 84, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting a string of historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men.
The former bishop of Lewes and Gloucester was released from jail on Friday after serving 16 months.
You've bought the rings and booked the reception – but you know you're really getting married when you hear the banns read out in church.
This long-standing tradition, however, could be about to end if Church of England officials have their way.
They claim that the banns ritual – which means the impending marriage must be announced during services three times before a couple can wed – takes too much time and trouble.
In the final weeks of the marriage equality referendum campaign in May 2015, some seasoned political observers began to question whether the opinion polls – all of which showed a massive lead for the Yes side – were actually correct.
Were there in fact thousands of "shy No" voters out there, who, for whatever reason, weren’t telling the truth about their voting intentions?
I. Christian Motivation
I'm delighted to join you all this morning on this important and unique day for the Church of England. Education has long been at the centre of God’s mission to children and young people through the ministry of the Church. Today, through our network of schools over one million students each year are nurtured in wisdom, truth, knowledge, virtue, skills, and most importantly, in the message of God's love in Jesus Christ. This is fantastic – it is amazing – and it is an awesome responsibility.
To be a Christian and an MP is increasingly difficult in Britain, a Catholic MP has said.
In an podcast interview for the Catholic Herald, Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset, said that while he had been "very lucky" and found being both a Christian and a politician "relatively straightforward", it was “becoming more difficult” for most politicians of faith.
A MAN convicted of a hate crime against a transgender woman for calling her a 'geezer' in the street has had his appeal upheld.
Vernon Mussington, 52, or Priory Court, Bedford was convicted of harassment in September last year after Joanna Gullon claimed he 'deliberately misgendered' her on three occasions.
But during an appeal at Luton Crown Court on Thursday, his name was cleared and the conviction overturned after the court heard there was a lack of evidence.