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Iona Community tackles stigma and injustice of poverty

27 May 2013
The Iona Community is continuing its work in tackling poverty as it enters its 75th anniversary and the 1450th anniversary of Columba’s landing on the island. Iona Community Board Convener Allan Gordon. said: “In most nations…

Appeals for calm after killing of Drummer Lee Rigby

27 May 2013
The National Church Leaders Forum has condemned the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich this week and pleaded for calm amid reports of a backlash against the Muslim community. Leaders in the forum, which exists…

Children's Commissioner: pupils 'raised on a diet of porn'

27 May 2013
For the first time, the Children’s Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in “risky behaviours”. It emerged that children who regularly viewed…

School creates prayer room to help with exam stress

23 May 2013
Thousands of students will be sitting down to take exams across the country this month - but one school in Brighton & Hove believes it's not only good teaching and revision that gets the grades. Cardinal…