The headlines, and the links bringing them to your tablet, computer or phone.
BBC News
Newspaper headlines: Pensioner in ‘home struggle’ murder arrest
The story of the 78-year-old man held after the death of a suspected burglar features in the papers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-43649456
Belfast Telegraph
Calls for sexual consent issues to be taught in Northern Ireland schools
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/calls-for-sexual-consent-issues-to-be-taught-in-northern-ireland-schools-36775668.html
Irish Times
TUI to shun religious education opt-out
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland is expected to direct its members not to co-operate with new Department of Education rules allowing students in some schools to opt out of religious instruction. The union is concerned no additional resources have been provided to schools to cope with implementing a …
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tui-to-shun-religious-education-opt-out-1.3450404?
Irish Times
School sex ed ‘outsourced’ to Catholic agencies
The launch was also attended by representatives of of Atheist Ireland and UCD Students Union. Ms Coppinger said her Bill would require the religious and sexuality education curriculum to be separated and sex education delivered factually to cover contraception, sexuality, gender, LGBTQI+ issues and …
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/school-sex-ed-outsourced-to-catholic-agencies-1.3450443
Journal.ie
‘Religious groups shouldn’t be involved in sex education’
Proposed legislation seeks to remove religious ethos from sex education in schools.
http://www.thejournal.ie/sex-education-ireland-catholic-groups-3939623-Apr2018/
Journal.ie
Opinion: ‘Religious instruction and worship should take place outside core school hours’
This proposal seeks to find a workable compromise between different belief groups at minimum cost, writes David Graham.
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-religious-instruction-and-worship-should-take-place-outside-core-school-hours-3937081-Apr2018/
Belfast Telegraph
Northern Ireland schools’ debt threat after £20m overspend
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-schools-debt-threat-after-20m-overspend-36775866.html
Belfast Telegraph
Sinn Fein MP McCallion’s video tribute to IRA angers bomb survivor
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-mp-mccallions-video-tribute-to-ira-angers-bomb-survivor-36775809.html
Belfast Telegraph
Patrick Kielty Good Friday Agreement documentary impresses viewers
https://amp.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/patrick-kielty-good-friday-agreement-documentary-impresses-viewers-36776058.html
News Letter
Victim definition puts moral equivalence between perpetrator and the innocent
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/victim-definition-puts-moral-equivalence-between-perpetrator-and-the-innocent-1-8445678/
UTV News/Belfast Telegraph
NI young people ‘fear for their emotional health’
http://www.itv.com/news/utv/2018-04-05/ni-young-people-fear-for-their-emotional-health/
https://amp.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/almost-half-of-northern-ireland-young-people-have-mental-health-problems-study-reveals-36776120.html
BBC News
Labour anti-Semitism row: Jewish leaders agree to Corbyn meeting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43639267
Voice
Coverage of a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jnr. John Hall, Dean of Westminster, is quoted.
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/westminister-abbey-marks-50th-anniversary-mlks-death
Times
Diary piece (scroll down) following the Archbishop of Canterbury’s appearance on The One Show earlier this week.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rees-mogg-the-menace-lls7ktsrr
Christian Today
How participants at the Commonwealth Games in Australia are being supported by a team of chaplains including two from the UK based, Christians in Sport.
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/commonwealth-games-athletes-to-receive-support-from-chaplaincy-team/128086.htm
Times HE
Brief piece quoting the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments on tuition fees at a recent speech at Canterbury Christ Church University.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/week-higher-education-5-april-2018#survey-answer
Metro
Coverage of Pew Research Centre analysis, which concludes that Christianity is the largest religion in the world. In 2015, it was estimated that there were around 2.3 billion people who considered themselves Christian.
http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/04/religion-followers-worldwide-7440217/
Leicester Mercury
News that a peregrine falcon has laid four eggs in a nest at Leicester Cathedral. Alison Adams, canon pastor and sub-dean, is quoted.
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/bird-lovers-keeping-close-eye-1416288
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