British Isles

Christians pray for ‘seismic shift’ in Britain

13 Sep 2012
Christians gathered in central London on Tuesday to pray for God to unite the Church and change the spiritual climate of secular Britain. It was the last prayer meeting by the organisers of the National Day…

Annual disability sport festival for Olympic Park

07 Sep 2012
An annual festival of disability sport is to be staged at the Olympic Park as part of a £2m package of future Paralympic plans at the east London venue. It is to be linked to a…

Christian charity donates wheelchairs to Paralympians

07 Sep 2012
With Oscar Pistorius’ unexpected defeat in the men’s T44 200 metre race on Sunday night came an upsurge of interest in the technical side of the Paralympics, namely - do longer blades give the runner an…

Paralympic athletes 'working harder to break records'

07 Sep 2012
The high number of records being broken at the London 2012 Paralympics is more down to the quality of athletes than improved technology, organisers say. At the half way point of the Games, 228 Paralympic records…