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Preston model railway show 2026 · Saturday, Mar 7 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!

Some photos and videos from the annual visit to Preston model exhibition

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well it is International women's day.. :-)

Behind Locked Doors - Memory, Sovereignty, and Peace - Oxford Centre for Mission Studies Personal reflection on the turmoil in Iran (March 2023-war outbreak) in context of Gospel John 20: 19-23 from Iranian Faculty member.

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A powerful piece of contextual theolgy.

When the Far Right arrive carrying crosses, what should good Christians do? UKIP came to 'march with Jesus' through our area. Here's what we did, and what we're learning from it.

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We shouldnt even be engaging with Reforms lies about this issue. It never happens for CofE churches and rarely for Free Church buildings.

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

An important history lesson

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RHS Bridgewater March 4 2026 · Wednesday, Mar 4 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!

A warm spring day and a good opportunity for a day out and to get the macro lens working.… See more

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Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse' The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what says is abuse.

More restrictions

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Shabana Mahmood to announce asylum system changes to take effect From Monday, asylum seekers granted refugee status in the UK will be offered only temporary protection.

The environment gets even more hostile and without even a debate in Parliament

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Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

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Expert Comment: Church-to-mosque conversions grab headlines, but is Reverend Canon Professor William Whyte, Professor of Social and Architectural History in the Faculty of History, reacts to Reform UK's announcement that it would ‘end the incendiary practice of

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Bonhoeffer's Warning, Unheeded: The Moral Collapse of White Evangelicalism Why the Most Devout White American Evangelicals Are the Most Captured

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A long read but full of insights and lament

Incidentally it occurs to me that one thing that’s daft about Matt Goodwin’s line that “Britain will be unrecognisable by the end of this century” is that… yeah, it probably will be. Britain was very different in 2000 to 1926. 1900 was quite different to 1826, for that matter.

How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century

We are in a dreadful time compared with earlier decades of politics

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Record number of adults to be received into Catholic Church in Southwark | ICN At the Rite of Election ceremony at St George's Cathedral yesterday, Archbishop John Wilson welcomed over 590 adults, including catechumens (those not yet baptised) and candidates (those from other Ch...

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Faithful Presence in a Fractured World A Church toolkit for resisting the Far Right by Helen Paynter - Paperback / softback - 9781786227386 Buy Faithful Presence in a Fractured World A Church toolkit for resisting the Far Right by Helen Paynter Paperback / softback from Canterbury Press - ISBN: 9781786227386

You can now pre-order Helen Paynter's new book, "Faithful Presence in a Fractured World: A Church toolkit for resisting the Far Right" from Canterbury Press. Read the description on their webpage and check out the fantastic lineup of authors/topics.

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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

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If we don't defeat DeForm fascism will win.

Is there really a 'quiet revival' of religion among Gen Z? A fierce debate is taking place about whether there really has been a revival in Christianity.

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Generalizing isn't healthy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Jesus Christ's New Testament church Restored.

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"Everyone should have the right to learn and grow through their mother tongue, and also to acquire regional, national, and international languages. Through multilingualism, wisely used, every individual can participate, talk and be heard."

Happy International Mother Language Day! 🌻

Celebrate linguistic diversity by browsing multilingual books in Open Library’s digital archive. tinyurl.com/bdj24acn

What another sorry mess surrounding a Bishop. It seems many people are not surprised. This is so depressing, so damaging. Pray justice is served, and the church gets it's tawdry house in order!

Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media Deepfakes showing grim taxpayer-funded waterparks have gone viral and drawn some racist responses.

Sick lies clearly wanting to promote a false far right narrative. Heading to the destruction of urban civilisation.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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This could happen in the UK if the far right gets to power.

Enough politics. The Church needs to offer a theological view on immigration As public opinion hardens and political rhetoric intensifies, many Christians are absorbing the same political narratives about immigration as everyone else. But the Evangelical Alliance's Israel Olof...

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The Guardian exposing the racism and stupidity of Reform Councilors in Lancashire.

Slurs by teachers and gang attacks: Racism trauma revealed in report Jasmine said an elderly man shouted abuse at her for wearing a headscarf as she approached her place of work.

Racism is spreading like a cancer, and it is right wing politicians and media who are promoting it.

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What does it mean to seek renewal in neighbourhoods shaped by loss, resilience, and hope?

Sarah Small's Temple Urban Tract reflects on place, faithfulness, and long-term presence in urban contexts

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All of Lancashire County Council’s libraries withdrawn from Library of Sanctuary scheme – Blog Preston <p>The news came as a surprise to councillors – who said they did not receive any communication that the change had happened. </p>

Read the article for our statement on this

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