by Agency Reporter | Mar 24, 2024 | Briefing
WINNERS have been announced in a media competition for young people on the subject of biodiversity, run by the Columban Missionary Society in Britain and Ireland. Young people age 13 to 18 were asked to produce a piece of writing or an image that demonstrates an...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 23, 2024 | Briefing
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION has created a stifling climate of fear in occupied areas of Ukraine, committing widespread violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in an effort to consolidate its control over the population living there, according to a UN...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 23, 2024 | Briefing
NEW research published by the Sutton Trust reveals the extent to which the poorest students are being hit hardest by debt and cost of living challenges. Since the abolition of maintenance grants in England, students from lower income backgrounds have been leaving...
by Harry Hagopian | Mar 22, 2024 | Commentary
I DECIDED several weeks ago that it was time to write another article for Ekklesia, following a long absence from its web pages. Ekklesia published my second book in 2019, and may hopefully be able to produce an edited and updated second edition in the near future. So...
by Staff Writer | Mar 22, 2024 | Briefing
THE latest official poverty statistics show child poverty in the UK has reached a record high, with an estimated 100,000 more children pulled into poverty last year. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)’s annual Households Below Average Income shows 4.3 million...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 22, 2024 | Briefing
THE District Court of Amsterdam has found the greenwashing in advertising for KLM [Royal Dutch Airlines] to be illegal. This sets a major legal precedent with ramifications across the international aviation sector and for all companies advertising their commitment to...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 21, 2024 | Briefing
ISRAELI authorities have rejected a warehouse full of international aid including oxygen, incubators and Oxfam water and sanitation gear, all of which is now stockpiled at Al Arish just 40 kilometres away from the border of 2.3 million desperate Palestinians in Gaza....
by Agency Reporter | Mar 21, 2024 | Briefing
NEW polling has indicated that a record 6.7 million people in Britain are now in financial difficulty. Polling conducted for Debt Awareness Week indicates that 13 per cent of people have missed three or more credit or bill payments over the past six months. The...
by Staff Writer | Mar 20, 2024 | Briefing
ON 18 March 2024, the UK government provided its oral defence to the United Nations Committee for the Rights of Disabled People, regarding the UK’s “grave and systemic” violations of the Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (CRDP). The government refused to...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 20, 2024 | Briefing
THE British Medical Association (BMA) is calling on the Health Secretary to launch an independent inquiry into the use of physician associates (PAs) – who are not medically qualified – on medical rotas, in place of doctors in hospital trusts in England. The...
