British Isles

Alarm voiced over ban on Lord’s Prayer

27 Nov 2015
Pressure is mounting on cinema advertising chiefs to reverse a ban on an advert featuring the Lord’s Prayer. The cinema chains, Odeon, Vue and Cineworld, banned the one-minute film earlier this week in case it ‘offends’…

Cameron calls for airstrikes against IS in Syria

27 Nov 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs on Thursday it was time to join airstrikes by other nations against Islamic State militants in Syria, saying Britain cannot ‘subcontract its security to other countries’. He needs to persuade…

Nigel Farage accuses Muslims in UK of 'split loyalties'

20 Nov 2015
Nigel Farage has said that some British Muslims are ‘conflicted in their loyalties’ between the UK way of life and what some elements within their faith are telling them. He said there must be a battle…

Junior doctors overwhelmingly vote for NHS strikes

20 Nov 2015
Non-urgent services will be cancelled on three days in December, after 98% of junior doctors backed strike action in a British Medical Association ballot. Dr Mark Porter, chair of the BMA council, said, ‘We regret the…