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Peace activist in prison again
A Quaker has been sent to prison for fourteen days following nonviolent protests against nuclear weapons. Sylvia Boyes of Keighley Meeting sent apologies to Meeting for Sufferings last weekend as she had been taken to New Hall Prison near Wakefield on 3 February.
Restrictions on loan sharks fail
An attempt to restrict the power of legal ‘loan sharks’ has been rejected by the House of Commons after the government opposed the measure. There is currently no upper limit on the interest that doorstep-lending companies may legally charge in the UK.
End of an era at Charney
The end of an era at Charney Manor, the Quaker conference and retreat centre in Oxfordshire, was marked with a celebration on Saturday 5th February.
Close the gap
The gap between rich and poor is the key issue facing the UK – and the government’s cuts will make it worse. That’s the belief of Church Action on Poverty (CAP), whose ‘Close the Gap’ campaign was launched on Monday, when church leaders delivered a letter to the prime...
More faith than hope
A Roman Catholic peace activist is serving a thirty-day sentence in Wandsworth Prison following a nonviolent protest against the arms trade.
Quaker physicist dies
Scientists and peace campaigners have been paying tribute to the Quaker physicist Theo Tulley, who has died aged 92.
Film highlights effect of library closures
The effect of government cuts on the library service has been highlighted in a specially produced film which had its premiere on an exterior wall of the British Library in London on Wednesday 2 February.
Minimum pricing- a pointless policy
Quakers and Methodists have criticised a government plan to set a minimum price for alcoholic drinks. They argue that it will do little if anything to tackle alcohol abuse.
In whose name?
‘There’s not as many people here as last time,’ said a policeman at the protest against Tony Blair, almost as if he were disappointed with the turnout. As Blair appeared before the Iraq Inquiry for a second time, around a hundred protesters gathered outside the Queen Elizabeth II conference...
Trident- by the back door?
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed plans to order parts for the new Trident nuclear weapons system before a formal decision has been made to buy it.