Energy Secretary accused of procrastinating
OPERATION NOAH, a Christian charity
campaigning on climate change, warned on Monday that the Government
appeared to be dragging its feet over committing itself to reducing
carbon emissions. The Government announced last week that it would
not set a "decarbonisation target" until the Climate Change
Committee had provided advice in 2016, which "may well be too
late", Operation Noah says.
New wave of universities created
TWO Anglican institutions, Bishop
Grosseteste University College, Lincoln, and the University College
of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, are among ten higher-education
institutions that have met the criteria for the title of
University. In the single biggest creation of universities since
1992, Leeds Trinity University College, and Newman University
College, Birmingham, both Roman Catholic, also qualify.
Charities warn on housing benefit
ABOLISHING housing benefit for those
under 25 will remove a "vital safety net" for young people, 13
charities, including the Children's Society and YMCA, warned in a
letter to The Times on Thursday of last week. They
suggested that, for many young adults, moving back in with their
parents - as recommended by the Prime Minister at the Conservative
Party conference last month - was "simply not an option, and could
place them at risk". The policy is expected to be included in the
Chancellor's Autumn Statement next Wednesday.
Priest ordered to hand over criminal proceeds
A PRIEST who officiated at more than
100 sham marriages at a church in east London has been ordered to
hand over £10,792 in criminal proceeds. The Revd Brian Shipsides,
the former Priest-in-Charge of All Saints', Forest Gate, was
sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in April (
News, 13 April).
Correction
In our account of the 1992 debate
about women priests (
Features, 23 November), we misquoted Dorothy Chatterley. She
described as "unworthy" a decision on the grounds of inevitability,
not the motives of those aspiring to be priests. We apologise for
the error.