X Factor host speaks out on ‘unattractive’ pressure put on female stars

Catholic TV and radio presenter Dermot O’Leary has said he is glad women in the entertainment industry feel less pressured to take part in lingerie photo shoots than they used to. The X Factor host and BBC Radio 2 presenter said the push for his female counterparts to take part in such shoots in men’s... Read More

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Dermot O'Leary, female, pressure, X Factor

November 7, 2019

Bishop calls on public to keep the environment pressure on MPs

Catholics must continue to remind politicians of the responsibility they owe to the world’s most vulnerable, the Bishop for the Environment has said. His call comes as a new survey suggests that more than half of people say climate change will influence the way they vote in the next general election. “The way that people... Read More

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May 9, 2019

Current UK law on assisted suicide is safest, say pro-lifers

A pro-life group has insisted that the UK’s current law on assisted suicide is the safest, as it described a new legal challenge to change it as “a pointless exercise”. Paralysed former builder Paul Lamb has vowed to start a new legal fight to change the law on assisted suicide after he lost a ‘right-to-die’... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

November 6, 2018

Asia Bibi’s acquittal of blasphemy challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court

The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband. Three judges of the court ordered on 31st October that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to be set aside and she was to be... Read More

Catholic Times, News – World

March 7, 2017

Government under pressure over unaccompanied child refugees

Ministers have been pressed to go further in their commitments to detail the capacity of English councils to house unaccompanied child refugees, amid a potential Tory rebellion. Education minister Edward Timpson said the UK Government is happy to publish regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to or resettled in the... Read More

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January 6, 2017

NHS trusts facing ‘very high levels of pressure’ in A&E departments

Pressure of patient numbers caused a third of the 150 English hospital trusts to warn they needed urgent action to cope last month. In the worst cases, seven of the 50 trusts that issued alerts announced they were unable to give patients comprehensive care. Nigel Edwards, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust, which collated the... Read More

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A&E, NHS, pressure

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