British Isles

Brexit: plenty of predictions, no decisions

29 Oct 2020
Michael Gove told the Welsh Brexit minister that Britain could ‘no longer be bound by the Common Fisheries Policy’ and won’t back down on its demands. Spain and Gibraltar want a last-minute deal…

Hospitals - second wave rolling in

29 Oct 2020
The British Association of Critical Care Nurses said that we may have the beds, equipment and Nightingale spaces, but we have limited staff numbers. It won't take much this winter to reach a…

Christmas Covid constraints can’t be predicted

29 Oct 2020
Geporge Eustice, the environment secretary, has said it's too early to say what Covid rules will be in place by Christmas. He warned that people ‘may not be able to get together in…

University chaplains organise 'walk and talk' events

22 Oct 2020
Cardiff university chaplains decided to organise ‘walk and talk’ sessions after other events were cancelled due to the Covid lockdown and a decision not to allow people from areas of the UK with…

Love - a word used sparingly in politics and freely in music

22 Oct 2020
Politics is concerned with serving the common good, weighing and developing solutions, stewarding resources in the public interest; music touches our experiences, tastes and emotions. Boris Johnson’s description of the NHS as ‘powered…

Brexit talks to resume

22 Oct 2020
Talks between UK and EU Brexit negotiators entered an ‘intensified phase’ on 22 October after Brussels said both sides would be required to compromise on trade issues. Michel Barnier offered an olive branch…

Prayer for government and monarchy

22 Oct 2020
The following is based on a prayer by Passion for the Nation. ‘Father, we ask for a fresh alignment of the words and thoughts of our leaders, local and national, with Your will,…

Abortion: day of prayer

22 Oct 2020
On 27 October Christians will pray for the unborn children who will not reach their God-given potential. Since 1967 9.5 million babies have been aborted in the UK. Every three minutes, a precious…

Universities face ‘funding cuts’ if they don’t adopt anti-Semitism definition

22 Oct 2020
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has urged British university vice-chancellors to adopt the international definition of anti-Semitism. He warned them that he would act if ‘the overwhelming majority’ of universities had not adopted the…

Prayer canopy: British values

16 Oct 2020
From a prayer letter sent to European intercessors: ‘The British Empire once believed “the sun would never set” based on a firm belief that God was with us because of our faith built…