End Hunger Fast gathers pace
MORE than 20 organisations - including Oxfam and Unison - have
joined the End Hunger Fast campaign, which is calling on the
Government to take action on food poverty. The campaign, which was
launched by an open letter from 27 Anglican bishops (News, 21
February), named on Wednesday the first people to join its relay
fast for Lent, including the comedian Eddie Izzard. Comment, News
State school chosen by education reformer
THE Education Secretary, Michael Gove, will send his daughter
Beatrice to a Church of England secondary school, it has been
announced. The Grey Coat Hospital, a selective state school in
Westminster, offered her a place, starting in September. He is
thought to be the first Conservative Education Secretary to send a
child to a state secondary school.
Yorkshire retreat centre closes
A CONFERENCE and retreat centre in South Yorkshire is to shut
its doors after 61 years. The statement from the board of Whirlow
Grange, on the outskirts of Sheffield, did not give a reason for
the closure. The last bookings will take place in July this year,
but the spirituality centre run by the diocese of Sheffield and
attached to Whirlow Grange, will stay open.
Greaves murder officer honoured
A POLICEMAN who played a "vital role" in solving the murder of
the church organist Alan Greaves, Detective Constable Simon Taylor,
was named Sheffield Officer of the Year at the Sheffield Police
Awards last Friday. On Thursday last week, Jonathan Bowling, jailed
for life for the murder of Mr Greaves last year, lost his appeal
against his minimum 25-year tariff.
Royal correspondence delights pupils
THE 11 pupils of a primary school that had been threatened with
closure have each received a reply from the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, after writing to the couple to request that Prince
George be enrolled there. Chirton C of E Primary School will remain
open, after enrolments took the total to 19 pupils from
Easter.
Mrs Welby writes for International Women's Day
THE wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Caroline Welby, has
written a blog about her encounters with inspirational women during
her travels around the Anglican Communion. Her contribution is part
of a package of resources for churches created by the Anglican
Alliance for International Women's Day tomorrow.
http://anglicanalliance.org/news/19049/
New leader for NTCG
THE New Testament Church of God (NTGG), a Pentecostal
denomination, has named Bishop Donald Bolt as its National
Overseer.
