British Isles
Smartphones making children borderline autistic, warns expert
Children struggle to read emotions and are less empathetic than a generation ago because they spend too much time using tablets and smartphones, a leading psychiatrist has warned. Iain McGilchrist said children as young as five…
Pagan 'church' is recognised in Northern Ireland
A Presbyterian church minister has issued a warning following the first legal recognition of a Pagan 'church' in Northern Ireland. Minister of Magheramason Presbyterian Church in Londonderry, Rev Graeme Orr, told the Irish News Letter: ‘There…
Migrants are 'helpless victims', says bishop
Britain needs leaders who will look on asylum seekers from Africa with 'compassion', the Bishop of Manchester has said. Rt Revd David Walker said there was a ‘political rhetoric that characterises them as wilful criminals rather…
Archbishop of York calls for more minority ethnic vocations
More minority ethnic Anglicans are needed for ordained ministry in the Church of England, the Archbishop of York said last week. In a foreword to a new booklet on minority ethnic vocations, Dr John Sentamu said…
