by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
Black community and church leaders are backing a symposium next week at the House of Commons on the over-representation of African Caribbean people on the national criminal DNA database. The event is scheduled for Monday 21 July at 7pm in Committee Room 5 and is open...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has admitted that a Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military rescue mission that freed 15 hostages including Ingrid Betancourt from Farc rebels recently. Mr Uribe expressed ‘regret’ over the incident, which...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
A Polish priest has defended his decision to allow his parish to be used to advertise and recruit staff for a new Tesco hypermarket, despite previous church criticisms of the British retail giant – writes Jonathan Luxmoore. “I could have dropped the...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 16, 2008
Members of the United Reformed Church have been asked to look more carefully at what they eat and where they buy, in order to help protect the income and way of life of British farmers. A move to support farmers and growers who, it has been said, are “often treated...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 16, 2008
The body which seeks to provide an umbrella for Evangelical Christians in the UK has criticised some Evangelicals for seeking to define who can or cannot be considered an Evangelical in terms that are ‘too narrow’. The statement from the Evangelical...
