Lillian Ladele was a Christian registrar whose court battle to protect freedom of conscience became the UK’s leading case on the issue. On this day we mark the occasion of her funeral in 2015.
On 16 October 1555, Hugh Latimer – widely regarded as one of the foremost preachers of the English Reformation – was burned at the stake for his faith.
October 6 marked 485 years since England’s greatest Bible translator was burned at the stake for daring to defy the Pope and the King by presenting the scriptures to the people in their own language.
The Bible makes plain that it is parents who are entrusted with the responsibility of bringing up their children.
Friday 10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. Every year, individuals and organisations around the world join together to raise awareness of what can drive some people to believe that suicide is their only option. Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy, and in 2020 alone there were 5,224 registered in England and Wales.
Suicide is a personal tragedy that leaves deep, life-long wounds upon families and friends. Journalists and public figures have been rightly condemned for treating the matter glibly or sensationally.1 And yet, even as experts warn that poor reporting on the issue could even contribute to ‘imitational suicides’,2 such advice appears to be lost on the BBC.
