British Isles
Glasgow 2014: Games ticket 'fiasco' website closed
The organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have closed the ticket website and phone line until ongoing problems with sales can be resolved. Glasgow 2014 said the measure was necessary to address technical issues…
Kirk to host post-referendum service of reconciliation
The Rev John Chalmers, Moderator Designate of the Church of Scotland, is to conduct a reconciliation service three days after the referendum on Scottish independence. The Church says that the service, to which leading figures from…
Assisted suicide horror should be resisted, says senior RC
Legalising assisted suicide would open a ‘Pandora’s box’ and lead to ‘horrible consequences’, a senior Roman Catholic Archbishop has said. Archbishop Antonio Mennini explained that the ‘reality’ of assisted suicide should be revealed, as he warned…
Nick Clegg backs legalising cannabis
The Deputy Prime Minister joined 20 academics to endorse a London School of Economics study condemning our war on drugs as a costly failure and recommending ‘rigorously monitored’ regulation of illegal drugs. It said countries should…
