Not The BBC News: 13 February 2014

The terrorist group Boko Haram has been responsible for the murder of numerous Christians in Nigeria, one of the most recent being an attack on a church that killed 22. However, World Mission reports that last week, two Boko Haram members became Christians. One convert said, 'If I could have died for a cause that I didn't even know my fate, now that I'm a Believer and follower of Jesus, I am willing to die for this truth no matter what.'"

A 73 year old Christian street preacher who was arrested by police outside Banbury Magistrates Court was today told he had no case to answer  by the judge. He was told to move on by a police officer “because some people in the building found his preaching offensive”; he refused to do so and was taken to the police station. But when he arrived at the police station, he was grabbed by 6 officers and thrown to the ground before being formally arrested. The District Judge expressed doubt that the police officer had acted in the execution of her duty; refused to grant a restraining order preventing him from preaching outside the court house; and granted him costs to cover his travel expenses.

A compromise has been reached between Girlguiding UK and the Church of England on the new “secular” Promise for Girl Guides. Girlguiding UK had insisted that every girl use the new promise, which omits any mention of God, and had threatened with expulsion groups that wanted to give the girls the choice of the old and new. A motion was raised in the Anglican Synod about whether such an approach was suitable for an organisation that uses church premises. The compromise insists that all girls use the secular Promise, but they may choose to preface it with the words, “In the presence of my God I make my promise.”

In sports news, a BBC Twitter account is in trouble for tweeting a curling score between Sweden and England. It should, of course, have been between Sweden and Great Britain – especially as the curling team are all Scottish.

Also in sport, an American former Olympic figure skating champion has released an autobiography describing his struggles with debilitating childhood illness, two bouts of cancer, and his faith in God. The book is called, “I am Second.”

In technology news, a couple in the US have started a company which makes  a novel use of 3D printers – it will print a figurine of your unborn baby from ultrasound measurements.

And finally, a terrorist instructor in Iraq accidentally killed himself and 21 of his students by detonating a belt packed with explosives during a bomb-making class. The group of Sunni would-be terrorists were filming a propaganda video and learning how to make car bombs and explosive belts at a training camp 60 miles from Baghdad when one of the devices exploded. Another 15 people were injured, and around 25 more arrested.