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• Chief Constable says non-crime hate incidents have 'passed their shelf life'

  04-07-2025 15:14 via christian.org.uk
  One of Britain’s most senior policeman has called for non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) to be ditched.
  
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• ‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves

  31-12-2025 06:00
  Bereaved relatives say delays over risks at village churchyards are causing distress and call for council actionFamilies of people buried in graves vulnerable to coastal erosion say indecision over how to tackle the problem is causing them avoidable anguish about the final resting places of their loved ones.North Norfolk district council (NNDC) has identified three church graveyards in the villages of Happisburgh, Trimingham, and Mundesley as being at risk of being engulfed by the sea in the com
  
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• Between the old world and the new with Antonio Gramsci and Matthew Arnold | Brief letters

  29-12-2025 18:44
  New world order | Trumpton Riots | Spoof sign | TV viewing stages | Right and wrong of racism | Kemi’s Christmas messagePatrick Wintour begins his excellent article (Into the void: how Trump killed international law, 25 December) with a quotation from Antonio Gramsci: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born.” This idea is frequently attributed to Gramsci but surely, as a critical sociologist, he must have been aware of Matthew Arnold’s lines: &ldqu
  
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• Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond

  28-12-2025 09:00
  C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel messageGary made sure he got to Whitehall early for the “unite the kingdom” (UTK) outdoor carol service in the run-up to Christmas. After about 150,000 people turned up for thelast rally called by Tommy Robinson in September, the leader of the anti-migrant far-right movement, he wanted to be sure of a prime position.He needn’t have worried. About 1,500 people – perhaps 1% o
  
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• Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?

  26-12-2025 15:29
  Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourageAfter spending weeks accusing Nigeria’s government of failing to tackle the persecution of Christians, Donald Trump announced a series of strikes on the west African country on Christmas Day.The strikes, targeting Islamic State militants in the country’s north, mark the latest overseas military intervention from Trump, who campaigned o
  
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• King Charles calls for reconciliation and unity in Christmas message

  25-12-2025 16:10
  Monarch urges people to draw strength from community diversity after a year marked by division and violenceKing Charles has called for reconciliation after a year of deepening division, saying in his Christmas address that people must find strength in the diversity of their communities to ensure right defeats wrong.The monarch cited the spirit of the second world war generation, which he said came together to take on the challenge that faced them; displaying qualities he said have shaped both th
  
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• Immigration debate ‘dividing us’, incoming archbishop of Canterbury warns in Christmas sermon

  25-12-2025 12:30
  Sarah Mullally says ‘national conversations … continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us’The incoming archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that “our national conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us”.Acting in her current role as the bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally told St Paul’s Cathedral: “Joy is born exactly where despair expects to triumph. A
  
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• Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas Eve message

  24-12-2025 23:29
  Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve massPope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...
  
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• A key question for every believer: does God approve of Santa Claus? I hope so, or I’m in trouble | Ravi Holy

  24-12-2025 13:00
  The great Santa deception arguably breaches the ninth commandment (‘Thou shalt not bear false witness’). I think God would cut us some slackWhen I was first ordained, an older priest gave me three commandments for a successful ministry: one, try not to upset the flower ladies; two, don’t preach pacifism on Remembrance Sunday; and, three – and most important – never tell children that Santa isn’t real.If only someone had had that talk with RevDr Paul Chamberlai
  
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• John MacArthur - The Christmas Message

  24-12-2025 11:26 via christian.org.uk
  The coming of the Messiah was prophesied hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. Though Jesus’ entry into the world was inauspicious, he was born to be a king.
  
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• Rico Tice – Good news of great joy

  24-12-2025 11:23 via christian.org.uk
  When an angel appeared to shepherds, telling them “I bring you good news of great joy”, what was that good news, and what was the great joy of which they spoke?
  
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• Voddie Baucham – God sent forth his Son

  24-12-2025 11:14 via christian.org.uk
  Christmas is rightly associated with the Mary’s obedience, Joseph’s faithfulness, and Jesus being born as angels appear to shepherds and wise men come from the east. But to far too many, these are simply stories. They make people feel ‘Christmassy’, but carry no other importance.
  
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• Pete Greig - Waiting Well

  24-12-2025 11:03 via christian.org.uk
  When we look at the news, we see that our world is marred by war, violence, suffering and disease. In this way, it is not so very different from the world of 2,000 years ago.
  
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• The Guardian view on the festive season: a suffering world needs messages of peace, hope and goodwill | Editorial

  23-12-2025 19:30
  The fracturing multilateral order has led to a new age of insecurity. But acts of courage and solidarity can point the way to a better futureIn one of his last sermons, the great Christian theologian and philosopher Paul Tillich asked: “Do we have a right to hope?” As an army chaplain to German forces during the first world war and a refugee from Nazi Germany, Tillich had witnessed first-hand some of the horrors of the 20th century. But his answer to the question he posed i
  
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• Over one in ten teenage children face drug gang exploitation

  23-12-2025 17:17 via christian.org.uk
  British drug gangs are believed to have recruited well over 100,000 under-18s in the past year, with hundreds of thousands more approached, a new survey has revealed.
  
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• UK sex-selective abortion: concerns raised over ‘hundreds of missing baby girls’

  23-12-2025 17:15 via christian.org.uk
  Indian parents in Britain may be aborting babies because they are girls, a new study suggests.
  
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• Ten years on: Welsh ‘opt-out’ model for organ donations had ‘little impact’

  23-12-2025 17:10 via christian.org.uk
  NHS Wales statistics show the controversial soft ‘opt-out’ model for organ donations has had “little impact”.
  
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• Quoting the Bible could be criminalised as 'hate speech' under Canadian proposals

  23-12-2025 17:05 via christian.org.uk
  Canada could criminalise the quoting of Scripture under planned changes to hate speech laws, critics have warned.
  
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• Police set to ditch non-crime hate incidents in favour of 'common sense'

  23-12-2025 16:58 via christian.org.uk
  Controversial non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) are set to be scrapped under “common sense” proposals that will be presented to the Home Secretary next month.
  
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• NI Health Minister silent on puberty blocker trial

  23-12-2025 16:56 via christian.org.uk
  Mike Nesbitt, the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland, has refused to comment on whether he thinks the upcoming puberty blockers trial is safe.
  
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• Preemie baby home for Christmas after over 500 days in hospital

  23-12-2025 16:46 via christian.org.uk
  A baby born at just 24 weeks has been discharged to spend Christmas at home after over 500 days in hospital.
  
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• Women's Minister blasted for claiming that women-only spaces should include men

  23-12-2025 12:50 via christian.org.uk
  The Minister for Women and Equalities has come under fire for claiming that men who identify as women should be allowed in female-only spaces.
  
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• DUP calls for proper scrutiny of controversial hate crime proposals

  23-12-2025 12:37 via christian.org.uk
  The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has refused to rubber stamp special “transgender protections” under new hate crime proposals.
  
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• Why Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas again – podcast

  23-12-2025 04:00
  Pastor Munther Isaac talks about his hometown of Bethlehem – the scene of the nativity – celebrating Christmas for the first time in three yearsThis December, for the first time in three years, Bethlehem turned on its Christmas lights.For the place in the world most associated with Christmas, the scene of the nativity itself, it was a highly symbolic act. Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza – and in solidarity with fellow Palestinians in the strip – the West Bank town h
  
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• ‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches

  23-12-2025 02:00
  Church leaders and members detained as government tightens controls on underground Christian gatheringsThe knocks came at 2am. Hiding out at a friend’s house in a Beijing suburb, Gao Yingjia and his wife, Geng Pengpeng, rushed downstairs to meet the group of plain-clothed men who said they were police officers. Their son, nearly six, was sleeping upstairs, and Gao and Geng wanted to minimise the ruckus. They knew their time was up.Two months later, Gao is in a detention centre in Guangxi p
  
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• Historians criticise English Heritage for false claims about the date of Christmas

  22-12-2025 17:11 via christian.org.uk
  English Heritage has been criticised for promoting the widely-discredited theory that Christmas is celebrated on the date of a co-opted pagan celebration.
  
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• Legal action against Prime Minister and Civil Service over Pride marches commences

  22-12-2025 15:07 via christian.org.uk
  The Christian Institute has now formally commenced legal action against the Prime Minister and the Civil Service over official taxpayer-funded participation in Pride marches.
  
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• Christmas church attendance on the rise

  22-12-2025 12:57 via christian.org.uk
  Christmas church attendance is expected to rise, a new poll has suggested.
  
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• Romance fraudster frittered victims’ £900k away on gambling

  22-12-2025 11:54 via christian.org.uk
  A conman who stole over £900,000 from five women to fund his gambling addiction has been jailed.
  
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• We’re pastors. The fight against Maga Christianity starts locally | Doug Pagitt and Lori Walke

  21-12-2025 13:00
  Trump’s movement has used the Christian faith to fuel oppression. Here’s how we are standing against itDonald Trump wants us to believe that the “war on Christianity” is spreading across the globe. The US president recently sounded the alarm on the “mass slaughter” of Christians in Nigeria while threatening a US invasion of the African nation. We shouldn’t be surprised. This falls right in line with Trump’s ongoing attempts to project Maga Christia
  
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