the general synod backed a motion to look into special services for transgender people to mark theirbeen following this for us. welcome to you. what does this mean, in effect? it is very much a symbolic indication of support for the transgender community. the first pa rt the transgender community. the first part was to welcome and affirm transgender people in the church. there was no debate about that. the second part was whether there should bea second part was whether there should be a separate ceremony or form of words to welcome them into the church, in their new identity. there was more debate about that. some speakers said, well, we can adapt existing services like the service of affirmation, and we don't need anything new. 0thers of affirmation, and we don't need anything new. others said, yes, we need something new to welcome and embrace transgender people. the motion said no member of the clergy should ever be forced to carry out this, if it was against their conscience. we heard from rowan williams. she read out an e—mail from a student who recently transitioned from a woma

the general synod backed a motion to look into special services for transgender people to mark theirmotion was in two parts. the first was to welcome and affirm transgender people in the church. there is really no debate about that. the second part was whether there should be a separate ceremony or form of words to welcome them into the church, in their new identity. and there was more debate about that. some speakers said, well, we can adapt existing services, like the service of affirmation, and we don't need anything new. others said that we do need something new, just to welcome and embrace transgender people. the motion said no members of the clergy should ever be forced to carry out the service if it was against their conscience. and we heard from reverend doctor rowan williams. she read an e—mailfrom a student who had recently transitioned from a woman to a man. you vote for this, it would be a way of saying that the church of england officially accept people like me, and think that our identity is valid, and won't try and invalidate us. valid, and won't try and invalidate us.

the church of england's ruling body, the general synod, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of welcoming transgender people and offering special church services for them. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster penny smith and the journalistjames rampton. welcome to you both. the ft says theresa may is expected to ask labour to come forward with feedback and ideas on her policies following speculation amongst backbench conservative mps over her future. the telegraph runs with the same story, saying mrs may will ask forjeremy corbyn‘s help to push through brexit bills and for mps to contribute, not just criticise her plans. mrs may's unprecedented appeal to labour will be seen as an attempt to relaunch her faltering premiership, the guardian says. her remarks will set a very different tone to her leadership style before the election, the times says, as she faces up to a new reality of a minority government. and the i also leads with that story. meanwhile, the metro features the parents of terminally—ill baby charlie

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the first is news from the general synod of the church of england that is meeting at the moment.r transgender people to be welcomed to their parish churches. the motion calls for special services designed for transgender people to mark their transition. that is from the church of england synod, which has been meeting today. we also have the latest on that vote from unesco about the lake district becoming a world heritage site. the late district has been designated a world heritage site, the 31st that i remember rightly in the uk to get that designation. it provides all sorts of international protections and puts the onus on the governments of the member country concerned to ensure that the lake district is protected and its heritage status is preserved. unesco has been getting a bit upset over plans for redeveloping liverpool, involving some big high—rise blocks, which is a world heritage site. it will be good news for people in the lakes to celebrate this evening. world heritage status. but, let's face it, it didn't take them to tell us that, did it? thousands of people are expe

the church of england's national assembly — the general synod — will vote today on whether services shouldir transition. as part of its annual meeting, the synod has also been addressing criticism that the church's approach to sexuality is outdated. reverend chris newlands is a prominent campaigner for the rights of lgbti people within the church, and proposed the change in 2015. hejoins us now. good morning and thank you for your time this morning. given what we have just said about outdated attitudes towards sexuality, isn't this a bit of a big leap? it is a huge leap and yesterday said that took a leap which no—one was expecting in a motion which was a private members motion to ban conversion therapy for lesbian and 93v conversion therapy for lesbian and gay people. that was a tremendous boost to those campaigning for equality for lgbti people. that has given me hope that this afternoon when we discuss trans people we will be met with a warm welcome. how surprised are you, as the man who has been in the church for a while, how surprised are you at the pace of change which you have intim

the general synod backed a motion to look into special services for transgender people to mark theirg this for us. the church has had enough problems dealing with issues like gay marriage, the rights of people who are divorced in previous years, transgender is are divorced in previous years, tra nsgender is another are divorced in previous years, transgender is another new subject to grapple with. how did the debate go? the motion was i parts. the first was to welcome and a firm transgender people in the church. in a sense, there was no debate about that. it was agreed by pretty much everybody. the second part is whether there should be a special service to welcome them into the church. some people said, we've already had similar services, a service of affirmation to welcome them, we don't need some thing different. 0thers them, we don't need some thing different. others said it would send a powerful message that the church embraces transgender people. we heard some impassioned debate. we heard some impassioned debate. we heard from doctor rowan williams, who read out an e—mailfrom a