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Were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment In Hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at Prisons Wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the presiden...

Reverend John Bell of Radio 4 Thought for the Day is coming to St John the Baptist church in Felixstowe in June

Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vaticans recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ i

Two ministers from Suffolk who were among the first couples to receive the CofE prayers reveal the support they have received around the world and tell of their hopes for the future

Group representing about 500 British Catholic priests say such blessings are pastorally and practically inadmissible

A couple has became one of the first same-sex pairs to have their union blessed in a Church of England service this weekend.

Catherine Bond and Jane Pearce, both associate priests in the parish of St John the Baptist Church in Felixstowe, Suffolk, have become one of the first

The church’s national assembly voted in February to allow clergy to bless the unions of same-sex couples who have had civil weddings or partnerships.

Church of England priests offered officially sanctioned blessings of same-sex partnerships for the first time on Sunday, though a ban on church weddings for gay couples remains in place amid deep divisions within global Anglicanism over marriage and sexuality.

The blessings will be used as part of regular services from today, after they were approved by the House of Bishops just days ago.