by Staff Writer | Jul 13, 2021 | Briefing
THE SECOND READING of the Health and Care Bill will take place on Wednesday 14 July 2021. Following the first reading on 6 July, the Nuffield Trust Chief Executive, Nigel Edwards, made the following statement: “There is a clear logic to the parts of this Bill that...
by Staff Writer | Jul 12, 2021 | Briefing
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF) has condemned a series of police raids on media outlets and searches and arrests of journalists in a coordinated operation by the Belarusian authorities with the clear aim of silencing the country’s independent press. The authorities...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 12, 2021 | Briefing
AN INSPIRATIONAL ARRAY OF EVENTS highlighting Quaker faith in action are lined up for the Fringe around the Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) of Quakers in Britain – including mindful dancing, singing and theatre, worship, business and lectures. Already nearly 1,500...
by Staff Writer | Jul 11, 2021 | Briefing
SEA SUNDAY is the day every year when Catholics celebrate and pray for all those who live and work at sea. It is a special day for Stella Maris (formerly called Apostleship of the Sea), the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church. As a global maritime...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 10, 2021 | Briefing
GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN are being deliberately and increasingly recruited into drug-dealing ‘county lines’ gangs in England, and subjected to horrific acts of sexual violence, the Local Government Association warns. The menace of county lines has been fuelled by the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 10, 2021 | Briefing
FOUR MILLION PEOPLE have now died globally from Covid-19. Reacting to the news, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “This devastating milestone must spur richer governments and companies into immediate action. “How many more...
