A new documentary by world-renowned atheist Richard Dawkins calls time on the growth of state-funded religious schools in Britain. Andrew Copson, vice president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and chief executive officer of the British Humanist Association (BHA), is among a number of experts interviewed for ‘Faith School Menace?’. The show will premiere this Wednesday, 18 August, at 9pm on the UK channel More4.

An evangelical Christian council worker who was dismissed for gross misconduct has lost his claim of religious discrimination. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the judgment as a sane response to ill-founded and illegitimate claims of persecution of Christians in the workplace.

'Extremist groups' will not be allowed to run 'Free Schools', Britain's minister for education says, but atheists could. The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, was speaking yesterday, July 28, about government plans to encourage "Free Schools"—schools that are funded by the government but run by non-governmental organizations, such as religious groups, universities, businesses, or groups of parents. Free Schools will be given significant freedom to create their own curriculums. Ora disponibile in italiano -- vedi sotto

June 21 is World Humanist Day and the British Humanist Association (BHA) has launched its second annual Humanist Week, which aims to increase understanding of, and knowledge about, Humanism. The theme for 2010 is "Humanist Heritage", celebrating humanist contributions to British society across the centuries.

An advertisement campaign run by the Christian Party, declaring "There definitely is a God. So join the Christian Party and enjoy your life", has not only topped the Advertising Standards Authority’s Top 10 of most complained about adverts in 2009, it is the most complained about non-broadcast advert ever. The adverts were on the sides of buses, deliberately mirroring the British Humanist Association’s high-profile "Atheist Bus Campaign" from earlier in the same year.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has responded to new policy announcements by the UK government formed last week. The BHA welcomed the commitment to human rights outlined in a major speech by new Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, but expressed "surprise and disappointment" with the new government’s pledge to create more state-funded religious schools.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed a call by the Catholic Herald to cancel the official State visit of the Pope to the UK this September. The editorial in Britain's leading Catholic newspaper argues that instead of a taxpayer-funded State visit, the Pope should make a private, pastoral visit paid for by the Catholic Church.