In this issue
Thursday 14 April 2016
14 Apr 2016
How can we address Britain’s housing crisis?
A major new book on how to address urgent housing needs across Britain is being published by the think tank Ekklesia.
13 Apr 2016
Concerns after Irish juvenile ‘disappears’ from Egyptian jail
The Irish government has faced criticism after it was forced to correct a statement on the whereabouts of Ibrahim Halawa, a juvenile from Dublin who faces the death penalty in Egypt.
13 Apr 2016
US state revives rejected plan to mix execution drugs in secret
Virginia state governor Terry McAuliffe has resurrected a proposal to use secret batches of specially mixed medicines in executions by lethal injection, raising concerns over a lack of transparency.
13 Apr 2016
Kerry in Hiroshima – ‘right words, but little action’ says CND
Seventy years after the devastating atomic bombing of Hiroshima, US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a commemorative visit to the Hiroshima Peace Park, making him the most senior US official to have ever done so.
13 Apr 2016
Methodists in Britain remember ‘an American Saint’
Hundreds of people attended a day of special events at the Black County Living Museum, Dudley, on 9 April 2016 to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the death of Francis Asbury,.a local man who helped shape modern America.