In the News
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July 21st, 2011
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July 21st, 2011If you are bored to distraction by the continuing scandal engulfing News International and its dominance of all media outlets everywhere, you might consider watching Rageh Omaar’s The Life of Muhammad. The first part is here and the second part is here.
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July 21st, 2011Two Britons have been arrested in Afghanistan during an anti-terrorism operation to prevent an attack on British interests according to reports.
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July 21st, 2011SPUC Director John Smeaton has drawn my attention to an article I missed in last weekend’s Observer titled ‘Beckhams a “bad example” for families’.
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July 21st, 2011Multiple marriages could be officially recorded by the state, a government working party suggested today.
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July 20th, 2011Carers for a severely brain-damaged woman, whose family want a judge to allow her to die because she has ‘no quality of life’, have argued she can raise a smile.
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July 20th, 2011THE NSW Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, made it clear where he stood on Islamic law as practised in Australia. ''When it comes to sharia … I've said it before and I'll say it again. There is no place in Australia for sharia law, full stop,'' he said.
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July 20th, 2011The case of M, a woman who suffered severe brain damage as a result of encephalitis in 2003, has just had its third day of hearings before Justice Baker (pictured) in the Court of Protection.
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July 20th, 2011“…this is a profession to be proud of” says Anne Furedi, Chief Executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, referring, in some desperation it would seem, to abortion provision. However a new survey published this week in the Journal of Medical Ethics shows that large numbers of medical students take a very different view to Furedi on abortion.
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July 20th, 2011Churchgoers have protested over plans to introduce parking charges they claim will hit central London congregations.