Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Much As I Believe In Having An Active Death Penalty - How Can This Affair Possibly Be Justice in Action?

Florida executes killer four decades after he stabbed and strangled a 70-year-old woman.

Melvin Trotter, 65, was pronounced dead following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the 1986 killing of a 70-year-old grocery store owner.

Peace.




 

Birdie.


 

Will YOU Help?

Will you help persecuted Christians?

If you have already given to this current appeal, thank you so much for your support of persecuted Christians around the world.


Many Christians in our world pay a high price for following Jesus—and they need your support.


Omid* is one such servant of Christ. A convert from a Muslim family in Iran, he and his family have faced one difficulty after another; solely because of their love for Christ and the gospel.


Shortly after coming to faith in Christ he was threatened by Muslims in his hometown. He fled to Tehran where he was baptised and later met his wife.


When a prominent house church was raided two of its leaders were arrested and tortured, and forced to reveal Omid’s details. As a result he and his wife fled to Turkey—but Iran’s feared Revolutionary Guard were still seeking him.


Omid eventually met a Release International partner in northern Iraq. He continues to be passionate about sharing the gospel but he and his family have suffered much. As a result of their unsettled life, his two daughters have missed out on much of their education.


Could you send a gift of £35 or more to help us support persecuted Christians like Omid and his family?


Release International is looking to help Omid to settle in a place where his daughters have a chance to study and where he can continue to support the church in Iran.


Will you remember those who pay a high price for believing in Christ and serving him? Will you help Christians like Omid?


Your gift of £35, £60, £100, £250or any amount you are able to give at this time—can make a real difference in the lives of Christians who suffer persecution.


Thank you for your concern.


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Sigh.

Footage shows the moment a Christian preacher's equipment is kicked in Whitechapel

Footage shows the moment a Christian preacher's equipment is kicked in Whitechapel 

Another man (centre) starts shouting in the Christian preacher's face and gestures with his hands

Another man (centre) starts shouting in the Christian preacher's face and gestures with his hands

By KATHERINE LAWTON, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and MATT STRUDWICK, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Published: 15:04, 24 February 2026 Updated: 15:53, 24 February 2026


A new video shows the moment a Christian preacher was pushed by a masked man and had his equipment attacked in Whitechapel. 

The evangelist is seen in the footage being surrounded as he tries to speak through a microphone on Whitechapel Road in East London on February 16. 

Part of his equipment is kicked by a man wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a puffer coat, before another manically shouts in his face, 'where you come from?' 

As the preacher replies 'London', the second man continues to scream and make gestures with his hands, before a third Muslim wearing a mask approaches the Christian from behind and pushes him with force. 

Speaking after the incident, a local Muslim in the area today told TalkTV that people who say 'bad things' about those who follow Islam should be punished.  

'Muslim people live around this area,' he said, adding: 'If [people] are saying bad things [about Muslims], the police knows how it goes. They will take it seriously. Maybe he is arrested, maybe they will give him a chance to not say that thing.' 

It came after one Muslim in the group who surrounded the preacher stated 'this is East London, this is Whitechapel, a Bengali area, a Muslim area' when arguing with a female Met Police officer who tried to diffuse the row. 

The encounter took place the day before Ramadan.

began on February 17, with the situation at times threatening to boil over. 

Footage shows the moment a Christian preacher's equipment is kicked in Whitechapel

Footage shows the moment a Christian preacher's equipment is kicked in Whitechapel 

Another man (centre) starts shouting in the Christian preacher's face and gestures with his hands

Another man (centre) starts shouting in the Christian preacher's face and gestures with his hands

John 1:14

 14) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Blogger: Read John 1:1 if you do not recognise who 'The Word' is.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

All Bad Law Must Go!

Peers challenge extreme abortion law proposals in Crime and Policing Bill.

Houses of Parliament (Photo: Getty/iStock)

Peers are set to challenge extreme abortion proposals in the Crime and Policing Bill. 

Baroness Monckton has tabled an amendment to remove Clause 191 from the Bill, which proposes to decriminalise women performing their own abortions for any reason and at any point, including late in pregnancy. 

A separate amendment tabled by Baroness Stroud seeks to reinstate the requirement of face-to-face appointment with a medical professional before abortion pills are prescribed for at-home use. The requirement was removed during the Covid pandemic. Supporters of the amendment argue that restoring in-person consultations would reduce the risk of abuses and coercion, and allow medical professionals to make accurate assessments of a woman's gestational age.

It follows a number of high profile cases in which pills procured through the 'pills by post' service were unlawfully used. In one incident, a mother was jailed after she used them to abort her baby between 32 and 34 weeks. In another case, a man was jailed after secretly giving abortion pills to his girlfriend at his home, causing her to lose the baby. 

Peers supporting the tabled amendments argue that the proposals in the Bill, if passed, will lead to an increase in late-term at-home abortions, and put more women at serious risk of medical complications. They are also concerned that the changes will lead to more sex-selective abortions. Abortion provider BPAS was recently accused of legitimising sex-selective abortions for failing to state unequivocally in its guidance that the practice is illegal. 

Ahead of tabling her amendment, Baroness Monckton said the proposals represent "an extreme social change for which there is no public pressure or demand, and could have tragic consequences for women, as well as leading to increased numbers of abortions of viable babies”.

“This radical clause was added to the Bill after less than an hour of debate by MPs, and without the necessary scrutiny required for an issue of such seriousness. Whatever one’s views on abortion, this is not how responsible laws are made."

Baroness Stroud said her amendment would protect women.

“Supporters of decriminalising abortion up to birth cite a small number of prosecutions of women for illegal late-term abortions in recent years. The increase in such cases is a direct result of the ‘pills by post’ scheme, whereby women can receive abortion pills without an in-person consultation to verify their gestational age is within the legal limit," she said. 

“The solution to such cases is not to make matters worse by removing the legal deterrent against women performing their own at-home abortions up to birth, which would likely endanger women further, but to reinstate in-person consultations.

"I, and many others, warned of the dangers of the ‘pills by post’ scheme when it was introduced. Sadly, those warnings have come true."

Catherine Robinson, spokesperson for Right To Life UK, said that if the proposals become law, they will be "the most significant change to abortion legislation since the Abortion Act was introduced in 1967”.

“The law change would likely lead to the lives of many more women being endangered because of the risks involved with self-administered late-term abortions and also tragically lead to an increased number of viable babies’ lives being ended well beyond the 24-week abortion time limit and beyond the point at which they would be able to survive outside the womb," she said.

She added, “The abortion lobby is pushing to decriminalise abortion to cover up the disastrous effects of its irresponsible pills by post scheme, which endangers women by removing the requirement for in-person consultations before abortion pills may be prescribed."

My Soul ...


 

A Murmuration of Starlings.

All I Shall Say Is That of The Five Local Churches I Know Well, Four Have Growing Congregations The Fifth Has A Tiny and Aged Following.

Birdie.


 

2 Peter 1

 5) For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6) and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7) and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8) For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9) But whoever does not have them is near-sighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

What Is The Matter With People? - Leftist Info Piled Into Young Minds In Schools Would Be My Best Guess.

One in Five Europeans Would Prefer Dictatorship over Democracy: Poll.

A fifth of Europeans surveyed said that they would in some circumstances prefer to live under a dictatorship amid growing dissatisfaction with the current democratic order or indeed lack thereof in their countries.

Cats Are Takers Not Givers: Surely, In Our Minds, We Have All Known This Truth!

 Cats are more independent than dogs - and don't need their owners.

Much As I Believe In Having An Active Death Penalty - How Can This Affair Possibly Be Justice in Action?

Florida executes killer four decades after he stabbed and strangled a 70-year-old woman. Melvin Trotter, 65, was pronounced dead following ...