BBC News: Newspaper headlines: Facebook faces questions and Syria bomb claims
The social media giant is being called on to explain whether users’ data was obtained by Cambridge Analytica.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-43480959
Ireland border issue could bring Brexit talks crashing down, warns Jonathan Powell
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ireland-border-issue-could-bring-brexit-talks-crashing-down-warns-jonathan-powell-36723201.html
We should have warned Arlene Foster over RHI, says Northern Ireland’s top mandarin
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/we-should-have-warned-arlene-foster-over-rhi-says-northern-irelands-top-mandarin/
European court rules ‘Hooded Men’ were not tortured by British Army
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/european-court-rules-hooded-men-were-not-tortured-by-british-army-36724029.html
European court rejects ‘hooded men’ torture claims
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0320/948682-torture-claims-ruling/
Irish call over ‘Hooded Men’ case rejected
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-43469536
Anger over ruling that British army did not use torture in Northern Ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/20/british-army-not-torture-northern-ireland-court-rules-hooded-men
Unionist MLA calls for European court to look into IRA crimes after ‘hooded men’ torture case rejected
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/unionist-mla-calls-for-european-court-to-look-into-ira-crimes-after-hooded-men-torture-case-rejected-36724963.html
25th anniversary of Warrington bomb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43465409
GAA event honouring Gibraltar Three angers DUP – club got £1,5m lottery cash
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gaa-event-honouring-gibraltar-three-angers-dup-club-got-15m-lottery-cash-36726729.html
McCusker steps down ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ of NI politics
https://www.lurganmail.co.uk/news/mccusker-steps-down-ashamed-and-embarrassed-of-ni-politics-1-8423885
Unionist students write to Queen’s University chief over Irish signs
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/unionist-students-write-to-queen-s-chief-over-irish-signs-1-8422486
Leo Varadkar’s spin unit at heart of key decisions
http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/ietopstories/~3/zw8fuxUOe_Q/leo-varadkars-spin-unit-at-heartof-key-decisions-468509.html
Call by Irish Catholics for World Meeting of Families in Dublin to be inclusive
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/call-by-irish-catholics-for-world-meeting-of-families-in-dublin-to-be-inclusive-1.3434269
Vatican yet to decide on funeral details for Cardinal Keith O’Brien
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/vatican-yet-to-decide-on-funeral-details-for-cardinal-keith-o-brien-1.3434351
Charlie Flanagan to discuss laundries report with Ombudsman
http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/ietopstories/~3/9Y1Hsr0dFHk/charlie-flanagan-to-discuss-laundries-report-with-ombudsman-468512.html
Stephen Hawking’s ashes to be interred next to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/20/stephen-hawkings-ashes-interred-next-sir-isaac-newton-westminster/
Head of Russian Orthodox Church lavishes praise on Putin after ‘open and honest’ election
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/head-of-russian-orthodox-church-lavishes-praise-on-putin-after-open-and-honest-election/127628.htm
Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass in Rome prison
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/03/20/pope-to-celebrate-holy-thursday-mass-in-rome-prison/
Anglican Church of Rwanda inaugurates new £250,000 cathedral in Gasabo
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/03/anglican-church-of-rwanda-inaugurates-new-250000-pound-cathedral-in-gasabo.aspx
Belfast wartime agent Fred Baillie dies on Skye aged 96
Although an atheist in his younger years, his experiences led him to life as a Church of Ireland minister and Army padre. “He learned the hard way that war isn’t the answer and he wanted to change the way people saw life,” said Peter. “The influence of my mother also drew him towards becoming more …
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/belfast-wartime-agent-fred-baillie-dies-on-skye-aged-96-36721471.html
Coverage of the launch of a contactless payment system for churches and cathedrals John Preston, national stewardship officer of the Church of England, is quoted: “How we pay for things is changing, and we want all generations to be able to make the most of their place of worship.”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5859321/church-of-england-contactless-pay-donations/
https://www.ft.com/content/05339f68-2c2c-11e8-a34a-7e7563b0b0f4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43470396
Widespread coverage of the announcement that the ashes of Professor Stephen Hawking are to be interred in Westminster Abbey, near to those of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. John Hall, Dean of Westminster, is quoted: “It is entirely fitting that the remains of Professor Stephen Hawking are to be buried in the abbey, near those of distinguished fellow scientists.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abbey-burial-for-hawking-s-ashes-x5r233p50
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/20/stephen-hawkings-ashes-interred-next-sir-isaac-newton-westminster/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-ashes-darwin-newton-westminster-abbey-buried-near-funeral-a8265346.html
Report on comments made by Graham Tilby, the CofE’s national Safeguarding Adviser, giving evidence at the IICSA hearing this week
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/serious-abuse-by-priests-could-still-go-unreported-churchs-safeguarding-chief-admits/127608.htm
Report on comments made by Peter Atkinson, former chancellor of Chichester Cathedral who was giving evidence at the IICSA hearing this week
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/clergy-burnt-church-files-after-being-accused-of-covering-up-abuse-inquiry-hears/127645.htm
PA report on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s foreword to a report by charity, Christians Against Poverty (CAP). Archbishop is quoted: “The scale of problem debt in our country is at epidemic levels.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5525157/Scale-problem-debt-epidemic-levels-says-Archbishop-Canterbury.html
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