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Family-Friendly Sentencing?
Appeal judges have freed Wayne Bishop, initially sentenced to eight months imprisonment for burglary and dangerous driving, in the interests of Mr Bishop's five children, aged between six and thirteen, for whom he was the sole carer for five nights a week. After he was sent to prison a month ago, the...
John Hayward Posted: 28 May 2011 7 comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice,
What is the Big Society Way to Improve Education?
When David Cameron relaunched the Big Society Agenda in a speech given in Milton Keynes on Monday he spoke about the government’s education policy and how it fits into the Big Society: ‘We’re not introducing free schools and expanding Academies because it’s a way of saving money...
Mary Brown Posted: 27 May 2011 3 comments
Keywords: Education, Government & Foreign Affairs,
Belief in Doctors?
Dr Richard Scott is appealling against a formal warning from the General Medical Council for suggesting a patient could find solace in Jesus, following a complaint made by the patient's mother. The GMC's guidance is clear that doctors should not normally discuss their personal beliefs with patients 'unless...
John Hayward Posted: 23 May 2011 3 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Health, Science & Technology,
Judgment Day
According to the latest predictions by 89-year-old Californian church minister Harold Camping, God's chosen people will ascend to heaven in the Rapture at 6pm tomorrow, while the rest of humanity is 'left behind' to face an apocalypse. The End of the World even got a mention on the Today programme this...
John Hayward Posted: 20 May 2011 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion,
Freedom and Order: History, Politics and the English Bible
The past few days I have enjoyed reading a new book, officially out today, Freedom and Order by Nick Spencer, Research Director at Theos. We caught up with him to ask him about the book: 1. On what basis do you argue in Freedom & Order that it is impossible to understand English politics without...
John Hayward Posted: 12 May 2011 1 comment
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Government & Foreign Affairs,
Coalition Fails Families
Prompted by a 'first year report' by the Centre for Social Justice on progress made by the government, LBC's Nick Ferrari this morning asked me what I thought of the coalition's failure to deliver on the Prime Minister's promises to make Britain 'the most family-friendly country in Europe'. Clearly,...
John Hayward Posted: 10 May 2011 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Sex & Families,
Property Rights Dilemma
The Supreme Court is to determine justice in the following case. However, delivering what might be perceived as justice for the couple concerned could undermine common justice for all. Which should most influence their decision? Miss Jones and Mr Kernott began a relationship in 1980. Five years later,...
John Hayward Posted: 9 May 2011 No comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Sex & Families,
Call for Wider Access to Faith Schools
The Bishop of Oxford solicited widespread and varied reactions when on Good Friday the TES published an article in which he expressed his desire to see the number of places reserved for children from church-going families in Church of England Schools limited to 10%. Some, especially secularists, saw...
Mary Brown Posted: 28 April 2011 6 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Education,
Has Easter Lost its Religious Meaning?
It's certainly the case that society is far more commercialised than in the past, I told the local radio station this morning, when asked the above question. As the Jubilee Centre's book on living an ethical lifestyle notes, we seem to know the price of everything but the value of nothing. However, from...
John Hayward Posted: 22 April 2011 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion,
The Key to NHS Reform
Andrew Lansley has apologised repeatedly to nurses who yesterday voted in favour of a motion of no confidence in the health secretary's handling of the NHS reforms and are angry about the way the government is running its new consultation. Under the reforms, GPs are to be given control of much of the...
John Hayward Posted: 14 April 2011 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Health,
Jamie on 21 May 2013
This is heartbreaking. Families should not be torn apart like this. Thank you for sharing this important...
Mike Causey on 17 May 2013
Wow - thanks Ruth, for writing about this. I did not know about the high numbers emigrating, and it really...
Richard Gunton on 5 May 2013
I found this a really stimulating talk - an excellent start to the afternoon. It went by so fast (or...