British Isles

Churches challenged over money and ethics

26 Oct 2013
With church investments in the national spotlight, a website launched on 17 October will provide church groups and individual believers with a host of new resources to make ethical and spiritual decisions about their use of…

Archbishop of Canterbury attacks over '' price rises

26 Oct 2013
The recent energy price hikes make people understandably angry, says the Archbishop of Canterbury, who called on big power companies to be ‘conscious of their social obligations’. Justin Welby insisted the Big Six power companies had…

Britain’s jails facing ‘growing problem’ of forced

26 Oct 2013
British prisoners are increasingly being forced to convert to Islam by their fellow inmates, the prison officers’ union has warned. Muslim gangs are growing in power and influence among prisoners and there are concerns that they…

Police bribe mother to drop assault case

26 Oct 2013
Hayley Clayton spent a night in hospital with ten stitches to a serious head wound following an unprovoked attack. Three weeks later police told her they had found the culprit but would not prosecute because ‘it…