2024-01-31T14:51:00
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Every minute in sub-Saharan Africa, enough plastic waste to cover a football pitch is openly dumped or burned. That’s according to the Christian development agency Tearfund who say the West’s “addiction” to single use plastics is fuelling a global crisis where 2 billion people have no safe way to dispose of rubbish, and are forced to live and work among piles of waste.
In Dandora, Nairobi (pictured), the equivalent of 30 truckloads of plastic packaging is dumped every day.
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2024-10-23T15:42:00Z By Tim Farron MP
The US election is just weeks away, but new research suggests at least 32 million Christians won’t be voting. Tim Farron makes the case for why believers should engage in the democratic process
2024-10-22T07:23:00Z By Carlton Turner
Sam Sharpe was a Jamaican Baptist deacon who was hung for inciting a riot in 1831. He played a key role in ending the enslavement of Africans in the Caribbean. This Black History Month, Rev Dr Carlton Turner pays tribute to the faith of a man who sought to bring freedom to his people
2024-10-21T13:48:00Z By Steve Beegoo
The government is breaking the law by discriminating against private Christians schools. That’s according to The King’s School in Hampshire who are challenging Labour’s decision to introduce VAT on private school fees. Christian Concern’s Steve Beegoo explains why he’s supportive of the legal action
2024-08-28T12:34:00Z
The image of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina pointing to the sky as he celebrated a 9.9 score – the best in Olympic history – has been praised as iconic.
2024-03-21T12:04:00Z
A Norwich church has celebrated the opening of its new building 18 years after the previous one mysteriously burned down.
2024-03-04T12:35:00Z
St Martin-in-the-Fields church has provided the backdrop to a new immersive sound and light experience which celebrates the natural world.
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