UK

“Two British citizens face criminal penalties for violating buffer zones.” - CToday

“The Wessex Area CPS has ‘undertaken a post-case review and acknowledges that the statement was inappropriate,’ Lord Stewart of Dirleton from the Conservative Party, who is the advocate general for Scotland, was quoted as replying.” - CPost

“In 2020, the British Social Attitudes Survey used a more precise question about Christianity…. In that survey, 53% of UK respondents claimed no religion and only 37% claimed Christianity” - CPost

“Fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most recent census — the first time a minority of the population has followed the country’s official religion.” - RNS

“NHS England lawyers agreed that Scott is free to offer to pray for and with patients if he does so within agreed General Medical Council guidance” - C.Post

“In England, some rally to restore aging and emptying Anglican sites, while diverse congregations look beyond traditional sanctuaries.” - C.Today

“As part of the Talking Jesus report commissioned by five Christian organisations, more than 3,000 people were surveyed and the findings will be used to help leaders grow the Church and adapt mission strategies.” - PCN

“72-year-old street preacher John Sherwood has been cleared of charges of hate speech, a year after an incident in which he was arrested after preaching the traditional definition of marriage in an open air sermon near London’s Uxbridge Underground Station in April 2021.” - C.Leaders

“Whilst he was in a gathering and therefore in breach of regulation 7, however, the parties were together and were allowed to rely on articles 9, 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Their gathering was limited in duration, and they were entitled to gather for street evangelising.” - PCN

“Along with issuing an apology last week for pulling the ads because they opposed the evangelical group’s conservative views on LGBT issues, the Blackpool Council in Lancashire also agreed to pay damages of over $150,200 (£109,000).” - C.Post