Ideas for National Tree Week – National Tree Week

by | Nov 26, 2007

National Tree Week is the Tree Council’s festival to mark the start of the tree planting season, and a nationwide celebration of trees and woods. National Tree Planting Year 1973 (with its slogan of “Plant a Tree in 73”) led to the founding of The...

Lord Carey backs call for an end to the blasphemy law

by | Nov 25, 2007

Replying to questions on a BBC TV programme today, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has publicly agreed with the Christian think-tank Ekklesia that it is time for Britain’s archaic blasphemy law to be abolished. Lord Carey, who is an...

Rich have reneged on pledges to the poor, says church agency

by | Nov 25, 2007

Rich countries have utterly reneged on their promise to pay £200 million (US$410m) a year to help poor countries cope with climate change, international development agency Christian Aid claims. Had the promise been kept, wealthier countries would have now contributed...

Alex Salmond launches Scottish inter-faith week

by | Nov 24, 2007

Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond is this weekend launching a Scottish Inter-Faith Week, during which people from across the country are being invited to meet their neighbours and to build new friendships. The Week is aimed at helping all Scots to learn...

Independent Asylum Commission to hold final UK public hearing

by | Nov 23, 2007

The Independent Asylum Commission is holding its final public hearing in London on 29 November 2007. It is collecting evidence for an impartial citizens’ enquiry into the UK asylum system, which many regard as unjust and failing. The Commission will publish a report...