Expenses scandal hits MPs families, more troops in the firing line in Afghanistan, and Artic sea thaw danger

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint. Patrick Woodward talks to Jon Hargreaves, (pictured)  of FEBA Radio, about the latest news from a Christian standpoint.  Today,  how the MPs expenses scandal has affected their families – and the public’s trust, where now for the Afghan war, and danger looming as Arctic seas thaw out.

Story Links:

Expenses:

bbc.co.uk Cameron says MP ‘right to quit’

telegraph.co.uk MPs’ expenses: James Arbuthnot offers to pay back £1,000 more than initially requested by Sir Thomas Legg

Afghanistan:

mirror.co.uk Time to Quit Afghanistan

cbsnews.com Will We Stay 50 Years In Afghanistan?

Arctic Ice:

nationalgeographic.com Arctic Largely Ice Free in Summer Within Ten Years?

bbc.co.uk Artic to be ice free in summer

China and Burma in the media spotlight, 'girl crime' on the up, and flexible working frees parents

18th May 2008
Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Editor of the Mothers Union ‘Home and Family’ magazine, Catherine Butcher about the latest news from a Christian’s perspective. Today, a look at China and Burma and their contrasting attitudes to foreign countries, ‘girl crime’ is reportedly on the up, and parents free to care more for their kids, because of flexible working hours.

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