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  • 5 Sep 2008
    Faithworks strengthens participation in English regional policymaking

    Religious groups will have their capacity to participate alongside others in regional policy-making in England enhanced thanks to the new Regional Networks Support project, says Faithworks, which has established the initiative.

  • 4 Sep 2008
    'Time to open up or call time on church schools?' asks Anglican newspaper

    In a surprise move, a major Anglican newspaper has joined a growing number within the Church of England, who are asking whether it is time to open up, or even 'call time' on church schools.

  • 3 Sep 2008
    Woman prosecutes art centre over 'lewd' Jesus statue

    A Christian is taking an art centre to court over an exhibition which included a statue of Jesus she believes was lewd and offensive. Civil rights activists say this is an attempt to reinstate blasphemy laws by the back door.

  • 2 Sep 2008
    Christian Aid launches UK appeal for Bihar floods

    The UK-based development agency Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal in response to the devastating floods in Bihar, India. More than 2.5 million people have been affected and it's feared that thousands have died.

  • 31 Aug 2008
    Discrimination is 'what gives church schools their Christian ethos'

    Contradicting claims that they don't discriminate, a well known media supporter of faith schools has said that the discriminatory practices of church schools are what gives them their special ethos. Others disagree.

  • 30 Aug 2008
    Coalition to issue challenge on faith schools policy

    The government is being urged to reform faith schools to ensure they cannot discriminate against pupils and teachers on religious grounds and to give a clear commitment to inclusive, community-wide education for all Britain's pupils.

  • 29 Aug 2008
    Internet mapping bypasses 'church and pub' navigation

    People in Britain, whether religious or not, have been used to negotiating their directions by churches, pubs and other landmarks. But in the age of web maps that will have to change, because traditional sites are disappearing.

  • 28 Aug 2008
    Poll puts Mandela and Martin Luther King above celebrities

    People in Britain rate committed campaigners such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King far more highly than celebrities such as Sir Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie, a recent YouGov poll commissioned by Christian Aid shows.

  • 28 Aug 2008
    Continued concern at teenage street stabbings

    Celebrations marking Britain's best Olympic success in 100 years, with 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding trend that is worrying both church and government leaders.

  • 28 Aug 2008
    London vigil against the deportation of US Iraq war resisters

    Christian and other peacemakers staged a 10-hour vigil outside Canada House in London's Trafalgar Square yesterday, to call on on the Canadian government to halt the deportation of US soldiers who have fled the war in Iraq.