by Agency Reporter | May 24, 2021 | Briefing
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE who have died from exposure to Covid-19 at work in England is being “massively under-reported” by employers, according to a new TUC report. The report highlights a huge discrepancy between Covid work-related deaths reported by employers and data...
by Agency Reporter | May 23, 2021 | Briefing
IN A LETTER to the UN Security Council, the World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the establishment of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, while at the same time urging the UN to take a more assertive role to ensure the ceasefire is not simply a lull in the...
by Staff Writer | May 22, 2021 | Briefing
PROTESTERS FROM ANIMAL REBELLION are targeting McDonald’s today, blockading all four of their UK distribution centres, which supply approximately 1,300 restaurants and serve 3.5 million customers each day. The distribution sites are in Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke,...
by Agency Reporter | May 22, 2021 | Briefing
MINISTERS, ELDERS, DEACONS and special guests are gathering for the second ‘blended’ General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which opens today. They will make key decisions that will affect the future of the Kirk against the backdrop of unprecedented...
by Staff Writer | May 21, 2021 | Briefing
IT IS VITAL not to return to the status quo with Palestine and Israel after a desperately needed ceasefire, a range of church, faith and human rights organisations are urging. The responses came after what looks like an end to immediate armed hostilities between...
by Agency Reporter | May 21, 2021 | Briefing
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC) executive committee has released a public statement urging the world to come together to ‘Overcome Global Injustice and Inequity, to Defeat the Global Covid-19 Pandemic.’ The statement calls upon all with the power to...
