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Two more suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage law student
May 21, 2020 By Faith Matters

Two more suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage law student

Murder squad detectives have arrested two more suspects after a teenage law student was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Lancashire Police said the pair, aged 34 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of the murder of 19-year-old Aya Hachem. A total of 13 people have now been held by police after Ms Hachem was […]

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Christian faith group loses legal bid over abortion policy change
May 19, 2020 By Faith Matters

Christian faith group loses legal bid over abortion policy change

A Christian faith group has lost a legal challenge against the Government over changes to abortion rules during the Covid-19 pandemic. Christian Concern brought a challenge at the High Court against the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) over its decision to amend abortion rules and allow women to have early medical abortions at […]

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Access to be supervised when places of worship reopen, says archbishop
May 19, 2020 By Faith Matters

Access to be supervised when places of worship reopen, says archbishop

Access to places of worship will have to be “supervised” when they reopen, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said. Places of worship come under step three of the Government’s coronavirus recovery strategy, which means they cannot open until July 4 at the earliest. But when they do reopen, certain […]

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‘Dedicated’ doctor dies after contracting Covid-19
May 19, 2020 By Faith Matters

‘Dedicated’ doctor dies after contracting Covid-19

An “energetic, hard-working, approachable and dedicated” doctor has died after testing positive for Covid-19. Dr Abdel Wahab Babiker, 70, had worked as a consultant physician at Scarborough Hospital since August 2019. He had been receiving care in hospital after contracting coronavirus and died on Monday. Dr Ed Smith, director of acute, emergency and elderly medicine […]

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Archbishop of Canterbury hopes for social care inquiry after coronavirus
May 17, 2020 By Faith Matters

Archbishop of Canterbury hopes for social care inquiry after coronavirus

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he hopes for a Royal Commission into social care after the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to BBC News, Justin Welby said he hoped there would be lessons learned after this crisis, mentioning a Royal Commission, a rarely used form of public inquiry. The archbishop said: “What I hope and pray […]

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Italian woman returns home after 18 months as hostage in eastern Africa
May 10, 2020 By Faith Matters

Italian woman returns home after 18 months as hostage in eastern Africa

A young Italian woman returned to her homeland on Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her face mask briefly to display a broad smile after she stepped off an Italian government plane at Rome-Ciampino International Airport. She hugged her mother and other family members, and touched elbows instead […]

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GCHQ reveals last message from German Second World War network
May 8, 2020 By Faith Matters

GCHQ reveals last message from German Second World War network

The last recorded message to be intercepted from a German military communications network at the end of the Second World War has been revealed to the public for the first time. It shows that Britain’s Bletchley Park code breakers carried on working in the dying days of the war to ensure there would be no […]

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VE-Day showed writing was on wall for fight against Japan, veteran remembers
May 8, 2020 By Faith Matters

VE-Day showed writing was on wall for fight against Japan, veteran remembers

A Second World War veteran has told of the “wonderful” moment he learned about victory in Europe, while he was still in action in China. Bill Ramage was called to service in August 1942, before being deployed as an RAF wireless operator in the China and India. It took him six weeks from leaving docks […]

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Israeli billionaire conjures water out of thin air in parched Gaza
May 6, 2020 By Faith Matters

Israeli billionaire conjures water out of thin air in parched Gaza

A Georgian-Israeli billionaire has found an innovative solution to the Gaza Strip’s chronic water crisis. Michael Mirilashvili wants to deliver hundreds of generators that produce drinking water out of thin air. His company, Watergen, sent a machine to a Gaza hospital last week in a rare case of Israeli-Palestinian co-operation in the Hamas-ruled enclave. Gaza’s […]

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Police in New York interrupt Jewish funeral amid coronavirus concerns
May 1, 2020 By Faith Matters

Police in New York interrupt Jewish funeral amid coronavirus concerns

Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community have flared up again after a crowded funeral procession was interrupted by officers. Video posted on social media showed officers in protective masks chasing a minivan through Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighbourhood as it carried the body of a deceased rabbi. The officers can […]

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