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 'Doctor Death' suicide class pulled by council
A suicide workshop run by a euthanasia advocate nicknamed Doctor Death has been cancelled after the local council in Bournemouth intervened... |
 Atheists sue president over National Prayer Day
The largest group of atheists and agnostics in the US is suing President George W Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over a federal law designating a National Day of Prayer... |
 'Mums who smack aren't criminals', says minister
It shouldn’t be a crime for a mother to smack her naughty child in a supermarket, the children’s minister has said... |
 A cultural day
Brixton’s cultural day was more of an extravaganza, as people of different cultures came in droves to represent their respective countries... |
 Lord Mayor opens UCKG’s Nottingham HelpCentre
The Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Gul Nawaz Khan formally opened the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God’s (UCKG) new HelpCentre at 11 Thurland Street, Nottingham last week... |
 Thousands more reach a century
One in every 15 Britons now in their mid-eighties will live to be more than 100 as a result of improved nutrition and medical treatment, official figures show... |
Professional footballer jailed for seven years
Footballer Luke McCormick has been jailed for seven years for causing the deaths of two young brothers in a motorway crash this summer...
The jacket to die for: TK Maxx takes hooded coat with concealed 2.5 inch blade off its shelves
TK Maxx, which has more than 200 outlets in the UK, came under heavy criticism for 'promoting knife crime' at a time when increasing numbers of youngsters are being harmed by the weapons...
Boy 14, hanged himself over his heartbreak after unrequited love
Ben Perrin, 14, hanged himself from his bunk bed after he became besotted with a girl he meet at the EuroDisney theme park, near Paris, France, a few weeks earlier...
UCKG opening in Edmonton
Big news for us! A new UCKG will be opened in Edmonton...
Samaritan calls pushed up as a direct effect of the credit crunch
The Samaritans say the stress of the current economic crisis has resulted in a sharp rise in calls to its service...
Girl who bleeds without being cut baffles doctors
Thirteen-year-old, Twinkle Dwivedi has a strange disorder which means she loses blood through her skin without being cut or scratched...
Youth Group launches Break the Habit Campaign
Drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, video games… typically that’s what comes to mind when we think about addictions. But what about things like eating, music, shopping and work - can they also become destructive habits?
Wood Green community centre gets treated to a Bupa staff makeover
Children and staff at UCKG’s HelpCentre in Wood Green, Greater London, are celebrating after the Kids Zone was chosen for a revamp as part of a project run by Bupa Community Connections...
Double amputee defies odds
Scott Rigsby did it as a double amputee. And not just any triathlon; but the Ironman!
Fad diets
The simplest way to lose weight is to go on a diet - or so we are led to believe. It seems to make sense: eat less, have less fat. And it does make sense up to a point...
UCKG helps you to help your kids
New reports, studies, and government surveys all point to the ever-increasing danger that faces our younger generation...
Man who failed exams for 40th time, gets full marks for persistence
He'd get full marks for persistence, but that's not a qualification that would mean very much to Shiv Charan Yadav...
Former Big Brother contestant puts her virginity up for sale
Former Italian Big Brother contestant is trying to sell her virginity for a million Euros. Raffaele Fico revealed her plan while posing for racy photographs in an Italian magazine...
Are banks making too much profit?
Banks are making billions of pounds each year from penalty charges. But now the legality of these charges - which cost their customers an average of £30 a time - is being called into question and thousands of customers want their money back...
School police
Official figures showed that 40% of street crime, 25% of burglaries, 20% of criminal damage and a third of car thefts were carried out by 10 to 16-year-olds at times when they should be in school...
Can I have some privacy?
Most artists are truly talented. They were first called to be artists and their success came after years of struggle. Just as they are enjoying their success they learn that their lives have been changed in a terrible and irreparable fashion.
Irresponsible parents
The case of a mother fined £80 for buying alcohol for two of her children, aged 13 and 15, has led to a police warning of "irresponsible parents"...
Change my face
Producers of UK Makeover are now seeking people who want a complete change of face and body, from nose jobs to tummy tucks...
Fast food culture
In the United Kingdom alone about 1 million children under the age of 16 are obese and more than one in four children in England is overweight...
You've got to laugh...
Humour is essential, that is what cystic fibrosis sufferer Victoria Tremlett believes...
Somalian Christians struggle in Kenya
In a secluded house just outside the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, a group of men and women meet at least once a week to worship in secret...
6.5 million brits are lonely
In Britain there are 6.5 million people living in one-person households, according to Census 2001. This marks a 30% rise since 1991.
The Rescue
How many times have you thought, or heard people say,“Lock up all these criminals and throw away the key!”
All About Women Convention
The event of the year - the All About Women Convention - finally took place last Saturday...
Trip of a lifetime - Pilgrimage to...Israel
Israel, the Holy land is a place like no other - it’s where some of the most amazing events in the history of Christianity took place...
Businessman kills himself and family over debts
A ruined businessman was filmed by his own security cameras cradling a rifle outside his country house where police now say he shot his wife and daughter before burning their home...
Pressure over faith schools
Ministers are being urged to stop faith schools in England selecting pupils and staff on the basis of their religion...
'In God We Trust' to come off American coins
Michael Newdow, perhaps America's best known atheist, has a new target in his personal war against God in the public domain: ‘In God We Trust’ on U.S. money...
Treat your kids like dogs, says dog expert …
It's a common scenario for many a harassed mother. You're in the supermarket and your little darling starts playing up...
Things you should know about fasting
Fasting is a partial or total abstinence from food with the purpose to deny the physical body...
Middle-class families struggling with the biggest debts in Britain, study reveals
Middle-class families have the biggest debts in the country with many borrowers owing more than £50,000, a study reveals...
Teens become mothers by choice, survey reveals
According to a study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (an independent development and social research charity) teens as young as 13 are becoming mothers by choice...
Prayer in public: Can you still say Jesus?
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop a suburban Atlanta county from opening its meetings with prayers that mention Jesus...
Small idea becomes a big hit
Dragon's Den is a television programme where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to secure investment finance from business experts - the 'Dragons'...
Life, love and lipstick
Ladies, get ready, the Women’s Convention of the year is finally arriving next week!
Do you want to catch 'big fish?'
Pastor Joshua went to Genneseret, the lake where Jesus told the fishermen to go deep. He has brought back some of that water...
Cry out for the Nations
It was a true heartfelt plea to God on behalf of our nations...
Jade Goody has cancer
Miss Goody shot to fame when she first appeared on Big Brother as an unknown personality but soon hit the headlines after coming second in the TV competition...
Uncle teaches 2 and 5 year-old nephews to smoke weed
17-year-old faces a felony charge of injury to a child after police found a videotape...
The £25m payout - Phil Collins in a mega divorce
Phil Collins, the 57-year-old singer and drummer, has been forced to hand over an astonishing £25million...
Father kills his Christian daughter
A Saudi Arabian man tortured and killed his daughter for converting to Christianity...
Millionaire Christian businessman walks his talk
A merciful act by the multi-millionaire founder of Chick-fil-A during the processing of a legal case against three juveniles...
'Mere Christianity' makes sense, scientist tells CS Lewis Foundation
An American award-winning scientist noted for his landmark discoveries has described his journey from atheism to Christian belief to an international audience in England...
Beijing for today, Finsbury Park for a better tomorrow
While the eyes of the world are on the Beijing Olympics, the congregation and clergy of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God are turning their sights to the world’s most pressing problems...
GP with 2,500 patients kills himself
There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how where doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own...
Liberty Radio - National Reality Check event
During this week, The Liberty Breakfast Show will be hosting the: National Reality Check event...
100 families a day lose their homes
Britain is in the grip of an escalating repossession crisis with the numbers evicted from their home soaring nearly 50 per cent over the last year...
Jedi is it a real religion?
In England and Wales, seven people in every thousand gave their religion as 'Jedi' in the Census...
Works begin for Cathedral in Nigeria
The preparations have begun. At this very moment, the plan to build the new Cathedral of Faith for our growing congregation in Nigeria is in action...
Morgan Freeman wife divorcing after 24 years
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman and his wife of 24 years, Myrna Colley-Lee, a costume designer for theater, have filed for divorce...
Millionaire puts his lifestyle up for sale
David Piper, aged 58, is selling his two hotels, two Bentleys, collection of paintings and his title as a Lord of the Manor...
Student collapses every time she giggles because of rare muscle condition
They say laughter is the best cure, but not for Kay Underwood'. In fact, a fit of the giggles is all it takes to cause the 20-year-old student to collapse on the spot...
Is ‘The Dark Knight’ cursed?
The box-office smash, expected to pass the $400 million (estimated £200 million), is notorious as being the late Heath Ledger’s last completed movie...
Balloon flower sold for estimated £12m
A giant sculpture by American artist Jeff Koons is on display in London before being sold for an estimated £12million...
Faith groups can’t do social work if they evangelise
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says that, Christian groups should be used in providing public services as long as they promise not to share the Gospel...
Drugs tried by one in four youngsters
A quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds have tried drugs at some point in their lifetime, new figures show...
Wikipedia publishes suicide instructions
Wikipedia, the online ‘free encyclopaedia’ written and edited by its users, now includes dozens of detailed suicide methods...
Teenager wins case to wear her bangle in school
A Sikh teenager excluded from school for breaking a 'no jewellery' rule by refusing to remove a wrist bangle which is central to her faith was a victim of unlawful discrimination, a judge ruled.
Liberty Radio interviews Mobo Award winners, and Shipwrecked stars
During this week, The Liberty Breakfast Show be hosting the: National Liberty Radio Entertainment Week part 2...
Judge pulls out knife in court during teenage stabbing trial
Judge Roger Connor brandished his knife in front of a 16-year-old boy accused of wounding with intent and assault.
Algerian Christian converts fined
Four Algerian Christians have been given suspended jail terms and fines for worshipping illegally.
UCKG seniors get cultural
Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana, St Lucia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, India and many more: seniors from different UCKG branches put on an amazing display...
Research cripples astrology theory
Researchers have turned up no evidence on Astrologers with Horoscope and its beliefs to support a link between personality, intelligence and birth dates...
Staying cool benefits your heart
Did you know that staying cool in a crisis might benefit heart health?
The Power of Prayer meeting
On 15th July, a special meeting took place where 12 ministers made strong prayers for the different areas of people’s lives...
Christian policeman victimised over opposition to gay pride event
A row between a Christian police constable and homosexual colleagues could cost taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds after the Norfolk officer objected to pro-gay messages...
Ozwald Boateng lends his support to Government and UCKG
Ozwald Boateng OBE, world-renowned Savile Row menswear tailor is lending his support to the British government's Reach initiative...
National Liberty Radio entertainment week
The Liberty Radio Breakfast Show will be hosting the: National Liberty Radio Entertainment Week.
Life, love and lipstick
Are you ready for the women’s convention of the Year?
VYG says ‘NO’ to knife and gang violence
Knife attacks are becoming more vicious and the victims and perpetrators younger than ever-but you already knew that...
Modern woman kills off elegance
British fashion designer Bruce Oldfield OBE, talked about the how fashion today and its wearers are far from what they used to be...
Residents angered by group's distribution of Korans
Some Houston, Texas residents are upset after Korans were left on the doorsteps of hundreds of homes in their neighborhood as part of a campaign to educate people about Islam...
Christian registrar wins employment tribunal over civil partnerships.
Islington council is considering an appeal after an employment tribunal ruled that a registrar was bullied because she refused to perform civil partnership ceremonies that she claimed were against God's will...
Bishop Macedo receives nomination for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
At the beginning of June, Bishop Edir Macedo, spiritual leader of the UCKG HelpCentre, received the title, Agent of World Peace...
The VYG fight for a change for themselves at the 'Yourself' event
All the common things that youths usually use to masquerade who they are didn’t matter at the Yourself youth event...
