Sex education to be compulsory in Wales
The Welsh government announced on 22 January that parents will no longer be able to remove their children from sex or religious education. Welsh children from the age of five…
Family sues over dead daughter
The churchgoing family of London teenager Nora Quoirin, who was found dead after she disappeared from a Malaysian resort last year, is suing the hotel’s owner for alleged negligence. Quoirin,…
Disabled man arrested for praying
A wheelchair-bound pro-life supporter is the first person in modern times to be arrested in the UK for praying in public. Christian Hacking, from London, had his case dismissed –…
Christian group protests over LGBT lessons
A Christian organisation has been set up to oppose the government’s new sex education requirements that will be introduced in English schools in September 2020. Our Children Our Faith Our…
Backlash against abortion and gay marriage in N Ireland
Christians in Northern Ireland are strongly resisting the imposition of abortion and same-sex marriage on their province by the UK Parliament. The main denominations are refusing to conduct same-sex weddings.…
Charity bosses die in crash
Three of the leaders of Christian environmental charity A Rocha were killed in a road accident on 28 October. Premier News reports that A Rocha founders Peter and Miranda Harris…
Christians defend fast food outlet
A petition to keep a Christian-owned chicken restaurant open has been signed by over 30,000 people. Chick-fil-A is the third biggest restaurant chain in the USA, behind Starbucks and McDonald’s.…
Ready for the fight
Award-winning social activist and pastor Nims Obunge MBE has accepted another challenge – to run for London Mayor. His passion to see young lives transformed was evident in a recent…
News in brief
Child drug runners More than 4,000 children in London alone may be involved in ‘county lines’, where teenagers are turned into drug runners, sometimes travelling hundreds of miles a week…
Too much, too young: mum’s battle against LGBT lessons
A CHRISTIAN MOTHER HAS LAUNCHED her own grassroots campaign to warn parents about the government’s latest graphic sex and relationship lessons. Susan Mason, a freelance accountant from Surrey, launched the…