British Isles

NHS Highland pays millions to bullied staff

30 Sep 2021
In 2018 a group of senior clinicians at NHS Highland reported that a culture of bullying had existed for at least a decade. They described a ‘practice of suppressing criticism, which emanated from…

Church schools help pupils with mental health issues

30 Sep 2021
Oxford Diocese has launched a contemplative toolkit in response to the growing mental health crisis among young people. It is a time of daily reflection founded on ancient pathways and practices of meditation…

Black priest claiming 'racism' as parish is dissolved

30 Sep 2021
Rev Yvonne Clarke was ordained as a deacon in 1987 and has served All Saints Shirley, in Southwark Diocese, for over 20 years. On 29 September the diocese decided to divide the parish…

Street preacher accuses police of overreacting

30 Sep 2021
Pastor Peter Simpson, a Methodist minister, was preaching outside Uxbridge Station in August when 14 officers approached him. The Met Police confirmed that officers had received complaints that a man was using homophobic…

France: fishing in UK waters

30 Sep 2021
Three-quarters of small French fishing boats could be denied access to British waters under a post-Brexit regime in a move that risks further damaging Anglo-French relations. The UK government had granted only 12…

Princess Beatrice gives birth to a girl

23 Sep 2021
On 18 September the Queen's granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, gave birth to a baby girl weighing 6lb 2oz, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Buckingham Palace said the princess and her daughter were doing…

Youth groups grew into a church

23 Sep 2021
A missionary planted a church in Nicholas Lebey’s village in Ghana. Now Nicholas has done the same in south-east London and Bradford as a pioneer evangelist. In 2013 he came to Woolwich, and…

Bishop to the military prays for peace

23 Sep 2021
Rt Rev Hugh Nelson is the new Bishop to the Armed Forces: he was formally licensed by Justin Welby on 20 September. This role will be in addition to his work as Bishop…

Gas crisis: CO2 shortage

23 Sep 2021
Rising gas prices caused fertiliser factories to close on 20 September, cutting 60% of the supply of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the food and drinks industry. There were warnings of supermarket shortages, because…

Gas crisis: energy firms close down

23 Sep 2021
Avro Energy and Green Supplier collapsed on 22 September, and the sector's regulator warned ‘well above’ hundreds of thousands of customers will have to be moved to new suppliers whose tariff may be…