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Ebola virus a threat to UK, Philip Hammond warns
The Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people in West Africa, poses a threat to the UK, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has told the BBC. He said he would chair an emergency Cobra meeting…
More Than Gold prayer points for the Commonwealth Games
We give thanks for the Queen's Baton Relay and the many churches across Scotland who gave away Penny Gospels, shortbread medals and balloons, painted faces, served lunches and teas to demonstrate hospitality to thousands. Now More…
Britain’s youth fighting in Syria
Last month two men from Cardiff and one from Aberdeen featured in an online recruitment video by Isis urging western Muslims to join the fighting with the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria. On Monday…
Ireland confronts past treatment of unmarried mothers
The Republic of Ireland is to investigate the homes for children born outside marriage and their mothers, run by religious institutions for most of the last century. It follows concerns over the deaths of almost 800…
