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WAR CRY Issue No 7517
Editor: Andrew Stone, Major Deputy Editor: Philip Halcrow Production Editor: Ivan Radford Assistant Editor: Sarah Olowofoyeku Staff Writer: Emily Bright Staff Writer: Claire Brine Editorial Assistant: Linda McTurk Graphic Designer: Rodney Kingston Graphic Designer: Mark Knight Email: warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk The Salvation Army UK Territory with the Republic of Ireland 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BN Tel: 0845 634 0101 Helpline: 020 7367 4888 Subscriptions: 01933 445445 (option 1, option 1) or email: subscriptions@satcol.org Founder: William Booth General: Brian Peddle Territorial Commander: Commissioner Anthony Cotterill Editor-in-Chief: Major Mal Davies Published weekly by The Salvation Army ©The Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland ISSN 0043-0226 The Salvation Army Trust is a registered charity. The charity number in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 214779, in Scotland SC009359 and in the Republic of Ireland CHY6399. Printed by Walstead Roche Ltd, St Austell, on sustainably sourced paper
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INFO 2 • WAR CRY • 20 March 2021
EDITOR From the editor’s desk
FANS have eagerly awaited new episodes of BBC One’s drama Line of Duty, as we report in this week’s War Cry. For five series, millions of viewers have been gripped as members of AC-12, an anticorruption unit, have investigated the actions of fellow police officers suspected of breaking the law. Little could the programme-makers have suspected that, in the weeks running up to the launch of the sixth series, our news bulletins and papers would be reporting on the the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s investigation into issues surrounding the arrest of a serving police officer for the murder of Sarah Everard. While many people are happy to watch ‘dodgy coppers’ in the context of a TV drama, the possibility of a real-life policeman engaging in serious criminal behaviour is shocking to them. But the tragic case of Sarah Everard has also brought into public debate the issue of how safe women feel within our society. In the past two weeks many women have spoken out against the vulnerability they feel when outside alone. Others have given examples of times when they have suffered verbal or physical abuse. Some reports have suggested that the government is considering instituting a new offence of public sexual harassment to protect women from this abuse as part of its strategy to combat sexual violence against women and girls. Any measures that will help women feel safer are to be welcomed. But the problem is that these laws are needed in the first place. Common decency and a respect for people should mean that nobody has to live their lives in fear – regardless of their gender, ethnicity, religion or sexuality. Sadly, the death of Sarah Everard is another example, to add to others we have seen over the past 12 months, which clearly shows our society still has a long way to go in recognising the value of all human life.
CONTENTS
What is The Salvation Army?
FEATURES 3
Duty calls Police officer is under investigation in TV drama
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Sounds good Who will win the BBC Audio awards?
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Nothing doing How stillness can benefit us
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Just deserts for heroes? Trekker meets the promoters of peace in the Middle East
REGULARS 4
War Cry World
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Team Talk
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Out of the Mouth of Babes
14 Puzzles 15
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War Cry Kitchen
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