A smacking ban would not have saved Sara Sharif

Dec 13, 2024 by

by Joanna Williams, spiked: Her tragic death must not become a pretext for criminalising parents. The brutality 10-year-old Sara Sharif endured over the course of her short life is impossible to comprehend. This week, her father and...

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Advent Meditations: Tuesday 10 December 2024

Dec 10, 2024 by

Tue Dec 10 am: 26, 28 pm: 36, 39 Isa 5:13-25 1 Thes 5:12-28 Luke 21:29-38 ON THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR: Sts, Menas, Hermogenes, & Eugraphos, Martyrs of Alexandria, 235 As we consider the plight of Christians in the Middle East these...

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Justice delayed is justice denied – again

Oct 15, 2024 by

From Anglican Futures. Scolding, Reid, Makin. This is the second of a series of blogs exploring whether any lessons are actually being learned from the investigations and reports. The Rt Revd Anne Dyer, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, was...

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The John Smyth case: could a ‘duty of candour’ have saved more boys from harm?

Oct 9, 2024 by

by Julian Mann, Christian Today: Would the serial abuser John Smyth have been exposed in the 1980s if Church of England clergy had been required to report evidence of abuse? In a letter to the Church Times on October 5 former General...

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Domestic abuse charity allows ‘men who identify as women’ to apply for £47,000-a-year ‘women-only̵...

Sep 1, 2024 by

by Mary Wright, Mailonline: A domestic abuse charity has been criticised for encouraging ‘men who identify as women’ to apply for a senior female-only post. Taxpayer-funded Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA) highlights that ‘all women’ will be...

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Man assaulted three Asian women he berated for their appearance

Aug 29, 2024 by

by Will Bolton, Telegraph: A man berated three women “prostitutes” for not wearing traditional Asian dress and putting on make-up, then violently attacked them, a court heard. Muhammad Hassan, 26, assaulted the victims after spotting them...

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