I used to be a kingfisher. And before that, an imp. Yes, as an eager Brownie Guide in the 1970s, dressed in a uniform of yellow and brown (fortunately, two colours that were in vogue that decade), my ...

The new Girl Guides Promise has gotten rid of God and country. You can hear people in the shires coughing into their cornflakes all the way from central London. It has political correctness gone mad ...

A 'Be prepared' motto on a Girl Guides' pennant celebrating the movement's 50th anniversary in 1960 Credit: Photo: ALAMY "We can’t ask the kids to lie,” says Gill Slocombe, the Chief Guide, trying to ...

A Brownie leader, parents and a parish priest from Cardiff have spoken out against the Guides’ new promise omitting God, saying Christianity is under attack in an increasingly secular society. Jane ...

THE Vicar of Evesham has voiced his disappointment about the decision to remove the word ‘God’ from the promise read by Girl Guides. From September, the second line of the promise will change from “to ...