Covid Inquiry, BBC Bias, and Religious Education // In the News
Description
What lessons are there to learn from the Covid-19 inquiry? How can bias in the media help us in church ministry? Is the UK becoming more secular?
In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Associate National Director), and John Stevens (National Director), discuss stories in the news from the past few weeks.
Show notes
- FIEC Leaders' Conference 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- The Street Preacher’s Charter (christian.org.uk)
- Rising Lights 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- Journeys 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- COVID-19 report goes a long way to answering inquiry's critics (news.sky.com)
- What to Know About the Turmoil at the BBC (nytimes.com)
- Supreme Court rules Christian-focused RE taught in NI schools is unlawful (bbc.co.uk)
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00:00 - FIEC Leaders' Conference
07:32 - Lessons from the Covid-19 inquiry
19:02 - BBC bias, media trust, and corporate responsibility
27:56 - Religious education in Northern Ireland
34:35 - An Ashes winter
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