Nazi supporter guilty of terror plans and possessing child porn
Jo Adetunji, The Guardian
A Nazi sympathiser, described by police as extremely dangerous, has been found guilty of planning acts of terrorism and of possessing child pornography after investigators found homemade bombs and indecent images of children at his home. Martyn Gilleard, 31, a forklift truck driver from Goole, east Yorkshire, pleaded guilty in two separate cases at Leeds crown court after police found “significant” volumes of extreme right-wing literature, weapons, ammunition and homemade explosives…
[Kid porn stash of Nazi fiend - Alastair Taylor, The Sun]
Christians must recover nerve, says Nazir-Ali
Riazat Butt, The Guardian
The west is losing Christian discourse at a time when it needs it most, the bishop of Rochester told a gathering of conservative church leaders in Jerusalem yesterday. Addressing the 1,200 delegates of the Global Anglican Future Conference, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali said militant secularism was creating a double jeopardy for western culture. “Western culture depends on Judeo-Christian heritage. Let us pray we are able to recover our Christian nerve in the west…”
Unison urges teaching assistants and dinner ladies to strike
Anthea Lipsett, EducationGuardian.co.uk
Unison negotiators are recommending that teaching assistants and school dinner staff stage a 48-hour walkout next month to kick off a programme of public sector strike action this summer. Unison’s local government members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland voted yesterday, by 55% to 45%, for a series of sustained strikes over a 2.45% pay offer. Union negotiators are recommending staff stage a walkout in protest at the offer on July 15 and 16.
The ladder of fundamentalism (Lenin’s Tomb)
Gafcon: ‘There will be no split’ (Ruth Gledhill)
Confusion over handshake issue at Irish awards (Indigo Jo Blogs)
New French Muslim chief on the “virginity lie” case (Tom Heneghan, Faith World)
China demolishes mosque over Olympic row (Reuters, Times of India)
End rendition and secret detention: Europe’s duty (Amnesty International)
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