we have the general synod next week where we will be debating this.er we learn to accept that people have differing views on this and to respect christians like myself who believe that god blesses me and wants me to celebrate the love i might have for another woman and who i might want to marry. another woman and who i might want to mar . ., ~ i. another woman and who i might want tomar . ., , another woman and who i might want tomar. .~g , . to marry. thank you very much. interesting _ to marry. thank you very much. interesting to _ to marry. thank you very much. interesting to hear _ to marry. thank you very much. interesting to hear your - interesting to hear your perspective. you are watching bbc news. the family of nicola bulley, who went missing while walking next to the river wyre in lancashire, have released new images of her on the morning of her disappearance. police have said their assumption is that she fell into the river and today many members of the local communityjoined the search to find her. a key witness, who was pushing a pram near

that was diocese general synod was the diocese general synod member appleton member luke appleton andew broadcast and lawyer andrew evan. thank for time evan. thank both for your time today. evan. thank both for your time today . the grooming gang scandal today. the grooming gang scandal has rocked the country that many the issues behind it have still not been fully addressed. a gb news investigation seeks to restart national conversation about this and discover what went wrong and then what needs to change. charlie peters gb news is documentary filmmaker, joins me now. charlie, tell us about why you felt you had to create this documentary. first of all, well done. because it's fantastic. i think one of the best pieces of television we've put out on this station so far, andifs put out on this station so far, and it's very kind to say and it's very kind you to say the why i launched the reason why i launched my investigation into the national scandal is felt like we've never had a proper national conversation about this issue . conversation about this issue. when the lid blew off the s

now, today , the general synod behind today, the general synod behind me will be debating a motion putrd by bishops to allow same sex blessing . joining me now is sex blessing. joining me now is jane ozanne. she's a member of the general synod. jane thanks for coming here. now you're tabling two amendments to this motion. what are they? well, the first amendment actually asks the apology that the bishops have given to be delayed until they actually do something that removes the discrimination and the cause of so much pain and harm to the lgbtq city. we've had years of apologies. we've had, you know , since i've been had, you know, since i've been involved 2006, we've had archbishop apologising for the pain and hurt , and yet it pain and hurt, and yet it continues. so it's hollow. it only serves to make them try and feel better, but doesn't actually help the lgbt community at all. the second amendment, which arguably is perhaps the more meaty one, is calling for a debate in the summer about whether we can have equal marriage or not. we've been fudging these issues for far too long. even

now, the general synod only debating this at this stage . it's far from policy. and stage.s far from policy. and those propounding it argue they want to make the church more inclusive and point to a lack of tangible evidence that god is indeed male . how times have indeed male. how times have changed just a few years ago interfering with these sacred identity of our higher would have been offensive blasphemous even now . it's fair game for even now. it's fair game for a church which has in my view, become woke , launching a £100 become woke, launching a £100 million apology fund for slavery at the expense of leaky church roofs and homeless parishioners . it's a church that has condemned rwanda, plan to process asylum applications abroad . the rwanda plan, of abroad. the rwanda plan, of course , designed to stop a cruel course, designed to stop a cruel model of human trafficking . and model of human trafficking. and it's a church that excluded the likes of father calvin robinson of this parish for his right of centre conservative views . now, centre conservative views. now,

now, the general synod only debating this at this stage . it's far from policy. and stage.s far from policy. and those propounding it argue they want to make the church more inclusive and point to a lack of tangible evidence that god is indeed male . how times have indeed male. how times have changed just a few years ago interfering with these sacred identity of our higher would have been offensive blasphemous even now . it's fair game for even now. it's fair game for a church which has in my view, become woke , launching a £100 become woke, launching a £100 million apology fund for slavery at the expense of leaky church roofs and homeless parishioners . it's a church that has condemned rwanda, plan to process asylum applications abroad . the rwanda plan, of abroad. the rwanda plan, of course , designed to stop a cruel course, designed to stop a cruel model of human trafficking . and model of human trafficking. and it's a church that excluded the likes of father calvin robinson of this parish for his right of centre conservative views . now, centre conservative views. now,

ian paul, who is a member of the general synod , the member of the general synod, the church of england'sch of england's governing body . first of all, dr. ian, body. first of all, dr. ian, thank you for joining body. first of all, dr. ian, thank you forjoining me on this thank you for joining me on this sunday. busiest day of the week for you. what do you make of these comments by bryant ? these comments by chris bryant? i it seems to me like they are sabre . really. what's is that sabre. really. what's is that comments that he made previously about establishment to misunderstand what's going on. ben bradshaw a few weeks ago made some sort of similar comment well. and he said, look, he said establishment about the state giving the church and certain privileges. and in return for that. then the parliament requires the church to act in a certain way. i think as complete misunderstanding of establishment interestingly when the 1999 act was put in place , the 1999 act was put in place, it was actually put in place as a way of staving off disestablishment, arianism and in many ways from the c

the general synod of the church of england has welcomed a proposal that would allow same-sex couples to come to church after a civil marriage or civil partnership to give thanks, dedicate their relationship to god and receive god's blessing, despite the fact that the pope rimsky just a month ago reminded that homosexual relationships are a sin. the anglican church now calls on the flock to welcome same-sex unions, they say. this is in line with the new christian interpretation of scripture based on a healthy relationship of correct understanding of human nature and sexuality in the 21st century, causing innovations, the anglican church. of the conservative anglican wing, the fact that god is called the father suggests that one cannot use the word mother without changing the meaning, he also cannot be gender-neutral parents without losing the meaning fathers and mothers are not interchangeable and treat their descendants differently initiatives the anglican church becomes the central topics, talk shows, leading media opinions sound polar, and supporters and opponents of liberalization

earlier i spoke to lgbt+ campaignerjayne ozanne who's a member of the general synod, the assembly ofhurch of england. she told me how significant these comments are. for the leader of the catholic church to come out and say this is not a sin, these are real people, they are loved by god, it is quite a long way from the harsh rhetoric we have had over the years and it is part of the trajectory to push has shown constantly, since i met him in 2019, of wanting the catholic church to be pastoral in its approach. but we have still got a long way to go. we are still saying that sex between two people of the same sex is sinful and wrong and that teaching is what can cause so much harm and pain, particularly amongst young lgbt people growing up in churches. i believe as part of these comments that he made to journalists whilst they were on this flight back from south sudan, he did talk about the issue of marriage and gay people getting married in church and that is still not something that is possible. so is he trying to balance two things here? yes, he is wanting to have it all ways. in fac

were fought in the general synod of the anglican church at 8:00 250 votes for 181 against the doctrineican church. and marriages , according to which the holy marriage is between one man and one woman for life, will not change, but new pastoral provisions will allow the clergy to offer same-sex pair of prayers. blessing or thanksgiving general of the cenote anglican church. welcomed a proposal that would allow same-sex couples to come to church after a civil marriage or civil partnership to give thanks, dedicate their relationship to god and receive god's blessing, despite the fact that the pope was only a month old. well, homosexual relationships are a sin. the anglican church now calls on the flock to welcome same-sex unions, they say. this is in line with the new christian interpretation of scripture based on healthy relations of a correct understanding of the nature of man and his sexuality in the xxi century, causing resonance, innovation of the anglican church. apparently put on stream earlier, she suggested using a gender-neutral term to refer to god, which caused a sharp judgme

well this morning the general synod of the church of england, people who decide such things will debateotion of same sex marriage, a divisive

in the last hour the church of england's national assembly the general synod has voted in favour of allowings and marriages. a significant move, this? it and marriages. a significant move, this? , ., and marriages. a significant move, this? , . , ., ., this? it is a significant move to some extent. _ this? it is a significant move to some extent, because - this? it is a significant move to some extent, because this - this? it is a significant move to some extent, because this hasj this? it is a significant move to - some extent, because this has been quite a painful process over five years, deciding what the church should do about same—sex marriages. now, we knew before it got to today that what was not going to be on the table was a vote to adopt same six marriages within the church of england. what was on the table was this motion that was passed which does include same—sex couples being allowed to have blessing prayers for their civil marriages. that has been adopted. but in the same motion it was also underlined that there would be no change in the church's doctrine that holy matrimony i

the reverend of the general synod and the council of archbishops of the church of england warned against deviation from the original scripture, the use of masculine pronouns to refer to god does not mean that god - a man - is heresy, god has no gender, unlike humanity. everything is true only with regard to the number of sexes , the western part of this very humanity also has some doubts about the fidelity of the creator's idea. international sawmill in the shower head, it was an international sawmill, see you in a week. hallelujah lost a little with you where do i draw. this is the one we love to work with. a yova, hello everyone we couldn't get this team to the apartment. i congratulate you lenya on everyone's anniversaries. i remembered the name of the decade of the wedding, tin you remember, i'm all right. well, i mean, i'm fine now. i don't remember anything, again, congratulations on making it a bit difficult for you to jump on stage today. it doesn't bother me at all. men should know. yes girls that belly - this is not a disease, how do you like the fatherly universe and the ammon

in the uk, priests will now bless same-sex marriages, couples came to this decision by the general synod of the anglican church after a heated debate, the new rule applies only to families that have officially registered their relationship. marry them. as before , the teachings about the holy matrimony, as about the union between one man and one woman for life, will not change. first blessing one fell- same-sex couples could take place as early as this summer. snow, rain and strong wind , forecasters predict such weather for the weekend in belarus. gusts are expected in most parts of the country tomorrow. winds will reach 18 m/s at night to minus one eight degrees during the day from three frosts to 4 heats on sunday. uh, the cyclone will move east. at night, even more of the republic remains in the genital part, a strong gusty, north-western wind and short-term precipitation persist. mainly in the form snow. the air temperature in the morning will drop to -3 ° in the south of the country and to -10 in the north at the beginning of the next week we will feel the warm breath of spring in

the church of england's general synod will now give blessings to . same sex couples blessings to.couples and civil and marriages. they'll be able to attend services at anglican churches, including receiving god's blessing, after a legal ceremony. in a joint statement , the archbishop of statement, the archbishop of canterbury in york said had been a long road to get to this point. the position on gay marriage, though, hasn't changed. same couples still aren't allowed to marry in church . lancashire police . their church. lancashire police. their search for a missing mother of two, nicola birley has moved towards the coast . the force towards the coast. the force says they're now searching downstream where the river wyre title. officers have also issued a 48 hour dispersal order. title. officers have also issued a 48 hour dispersal order . st a 48 hour dispersal order. st michael's on wyre after abandoned house was reportedly by members of the public . the 45 by members of the public. the 45 year old was last seen 13 days ago walking her dog along the river. wyre and burt , conside

was the general synod tomorrow. was the general synod debate . but this issue, this debate.ard by the bishops to allow clergy to perform same sex blessing for couples . and joining me now is couples. and joining me now is peter tatchell. he's a human rights campaigner and he's organised a protest here today. peter why have you organised this protest ? blessings are not this protest? blessings are not good enough. blessings of what the church gives to pets like dogs and guinea pigs. the church gives to pets like dogs and guinea pigs . we lgbt dogs and guinea pigs. we lgbt plus people. we are not pets. we deserve equal marriage . we're deserve equal marriage. we're simply asking for the church to give same sex couples the right to marry in their local churches. this right exists for every heterosexual man and woman in britain , but not for lesbian in britain, but not for lesbian , gay, bisexual or transgender people. it's in defiance of the spirit of the equality act . it's spirit of the equality act. it's discrimination. it's not a christian value. so how would you describe t

in the general synod voting in of the motion offer blessings to motion to offer blessings to same sex in civil partnerships indeed marriages where it's a marathon eight hour debate across some two days ending in that vote for the motion at a meeting of what's known as the church's parliament effectively . well, the packed effectively. well, the packed room at church house in westminster was silent, we're told, when the result the told, when the result of the vote was announced. the motion did seek, to told the did not seek, we're to told the position on gay marriage, meaning that same sex couples are still unable to marry in church. well before the vote a minute's silence was observed followed by a prayer by the archbishop canterbury. no approval of the motion to allow same sex couples to go to anglican churches after legal marriage ceremony for, a service including prayer of dedication thanksgiving and god's blessing, but not the marriage itself. well, the motion had been brought . the bishop of london, brought. the bishop of london, dame sarah mullally, and the result of some six ye

crime deliberate and dishonest, saying he abused his position as an mp at the church of england's general synod give blessings to same sex couples in civil partnerships and marriages . that oppose greasing the motion that now allows same sex couples to attend services at anglican churches, including receiving god's blessing after a legal marriage ceremony in a joint statement. the archbishop of canterbury and york said it had been a long road to get to this point. the position on gay marriage, though, hasn't changed. same sex couples aren't allowed to actually marry in church . now, ukraine's president church. now, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy has addressed an eu summit in brussels. he's lobbying leaders to provide more weapons to ukraine in the fighting inside russia, which he's referred to as the biggest anti european force of the modern world. number ten says it won't send fighter jets to ukraine number ten says it won't send fighterjets to ukraine if number ten says it won't send fighter jets to ukraine if that puts the uk at risk, though the foreign and defence secretaries are c

oh well, i was an anglican for 40 years and sat on the general synod for 20.anges begins with the promise. we're just going to do a little bit of tinkering and we promise nothing much will change. b, if you much will change. and b, if you don't it, you can stay and don't like it, you can stay and every single time the promise has been broken, there've been serious then people serious changes. and then people who were driven who didn't like it were driven out. so that mean, out. so that that i mean, there's no reason for thinking that's to happen that's not going to happen again. it's certainly the again. i mean it's certainly the case it that the church of case isn't it that the church of england currently passive. england is currently passive. but is but irrespective of what is being tonight, it is very being said tonight, it is very much perceived as being the woke side it's perceived as doing side and it's perceived as doing a gesture a lot of kind of gesture politics in that direction . and politics in that direction. and is the case, is it not the case, m

oh well, i was an anglican for 40 years and sat on the general synod for 20.changes begins with the promise. we're just going to do a little bit of tinkering and we promise nothing much will change. b, if you much will change. and b, if you don't it, you can stay and don't like it, you can stay and every single time the promise has been broken, there've been serious then people serious changes. and then people who were driven who didn't like it were driven out. so that mean, out. so that that i mean, there's no reason for thinking that's to happen that's not going to happen again. it's certainly the again. i mean it's certainly the case it that the church of case isn't it that the church of england currently passive. england is currently passive. but is but irrespective of what is being tonight, it is very being said tonight, it is very much perceived as being the woke side it's perceived as doing side and it's perceived as doing a gesture a lot of kind of gesture politics in that direction . and politics in that direction. and is the case, is it not the case,

so the general synod voted in favour and i is at the body and sick man to yes it is my not guilty guiltyet i can't go on that just as you're mocking my religion. sorry i was offended and tweeting you about that. okay i suppose there's been 8 hours of emotionally charged and you had the archbishop of canterbury . were archbishop of canterbury. were you brought to tears . i don't you brought to tears. i don't think you want a crying archbishop, surely. but you had bishops, priests, lay members says, hey , why now the lay says, hey, why now the lay members? i hope they were there . can i just clarify, was it tears because of that? it's been such a stressful debate. was he moved? finally, get this through. i think skirt was scratching his thigh like we started we you into scratching his thigh like we starfactualwe you into scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff you into scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff for you into scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff for that. nto scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff for that. so the factual stuff for that. so the f

so the general synod voted in favour and i is at the body and sick man to yes it is my not guilty guiltyet i can't go on that just as you're mocking my religion. sorry i was offended and tweeting you about that. okay i suppose there's been 8 hours of emotionally charged and you had the archbishop of canterbury . were archbishop of canterbury. were you brought to tears . i don't you brought to tears. i don't think you want a crying archbishop, surely. but you had bishops, priests, lay members says, hey , why now the lay says, hey, why now the lay members? i hope they were there . can i just clarify, was it tears because of that? it's been such a stressful debate. was he moved? finally, get this through. i think skirt was scratching his thigh like we started we you into scratching his thigh like we starfactualwe you into scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff you into scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff for you into scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff for that. nto scratching his thigh like we starfactual stuff for that. so the factual stuff for that. so the f

but both at the level of the synod and in general at the general church level, our unanimity is a guaranteeour spiritual strength, and therefore the strength impact on our people moral spiritual impact on our people. may the blessing of god remain. over all our russian orthodox church over the countries of the peoples included in this historical area of ​​​​holy russia on our russian power. may the blessing of god rest upon the president of the russian federation, vladimir vladimirovich putin , who defends the courageous true sovereignty of our country and over all who today defend the independent, free and dictated by our true spiritual cultural historical interests course. i would like to once again thank all of us and you, my dear patriarch, has the opportunity to boldly proclaim something on behalf of the church. memories that the sandslinger is with him? by the grace of god there are no divisions. no, nothing that could weaken our church ministry, including the ministry of the patriarch. for which i heartily thank you all. i thank all our monastic clergy and all of you, my dear brother

the general synod of the church has said that changes are not living, but they're exploring idea of adopting years . how utterly in the coming years. how utterly ridiculous. joining me now discuss this on the show is dr. gavin ashenden, who's a former chaplain to queen elizabeth, and also camilla the broadcasting journalist. hello you both. if i can go to you first to give the church side . gavin, if i can church side. gavin, if i can call you by your first name is this another sign that the church of england is walking way into irrelevance? yes, it is , into irrelevance? yes, it is, andrew. one of jesus. more famous sayings is you can't serve two masters. he chose and mammon. but in this case, it's god or the culture. so what the church of england has found itself doing, as so many organisations have, is trying to fit in with the culture in order to please people. but not the role of the church and ultimately it will lose, will credibly to. it's really rather tragic . carole malone i credibly to. it's really rather tragic. carole malone i imagine this would be at fixing your column in the d

i people of the general synod are watching this show because they might there is might be burning. find somebody who was supportive. you're trying to be. but i can't. impartial that you're trying to get one from each side. i was. but i can't even find anybody who thinks what church of england are what the church of england are looking it sense. looking at. it makes sense. so yeah, for yeah, a thrashing there for the church england. now figures church of england. now figures released this morning show released this morning to show that is narrowly avoided that the uk is narrowly avoided falling into recession , with falling into a recession, with the economy seeing zero growth between and december of between october and december of last year . we're joined now in last year. we're joined now in the studio by economist and co—founder of regionally justin urquhart stewart. justin, thank you much . my pleasure for you very much. my pleasure for joining us. we keep marginally avoiding the recession. it seems , but we're stagnating at best. what was the prospects for the economy this year

institution for a long time, it means tape 50, and then he began to lead the synod of the russian orthodox church, and generalour wars and died, please, was already the same in the crimean war and you never know. these here means hmm oppressed ukrainians, who ruled russia because konstantin ustinovich chernenko, general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union, he also ruled russia in this way. so oppressed by russia, absolutely the number of khokhlov to control russia is incredible. the people never in their lives either one or the other did not make any different themselves. and now it suddenly became and why in general, ukrainian culture is a rural culture. you know the cossack girls are good, but another culture, she is repentant, she is completely different and that's who was in kiev there absolutely wonderful st. andrew's church, who built it? even these same buildings are sitting, guys, who control the ukrainian people. what is this? yes, stalin's empire. by the way, in kiev, how do you know that someone else in kiev lived gold, the mayor of the first uh prime minister decided she was from

educational institution means 50 for a long time, and then he began to lead the synod of the russian orthodox church, and generalour wars and was measured, please, was already the same in the crimean war and you never know. these here means hmm oppressed ukrainians who ruled russia because they drove. see what kind of konstantin ustinovich chernenko , general secretary of the communist party of the soviet district, he also ruled russia in this way. it means that oppressed was oppressed by russia the people never in their lives did not make any difference among themselves, but now they suddenly became and why? in general , ukrainian culture is a rural culture. the cossacks girls know good, but a different culture. she is urban, she is completely different in a different way. that's who was in kiev there and absolutely wonderful st. andrew's church, who built it? even these very buildings, where they sit, control the ukrainian people. what is this? yes, stalin's empire. by the way , in kiev, how do you know? who else lived in kiev golden mayor the first uh prime minister zhralinka? the real one doesn’t mean she’s

institution for a long time, that means a tape, and then he began to lead the synod of the russian orthodox church, and general and was measured, please, already in the crimean war. so it is possible and there were few of them. these here means, uh, the oppressed ukrainians who ruled russia because whether konstantin ustinovich chernenko was the general secret of the communist party of the soviet district, he also ruled russia in this way. so oppressed oppressed uh, russia is absolutely incredible management of russia. the people have never in their lives made any difference between them, but now suddenly became and why? in general, ukrainian culture is a rural culture. you know the cossacks girls are good, but another culture, it is repentant, it is completely different. that's who was in kiev there absolutely wonderful st. andrew's church. who built it was shot? even these same buildings are sitting here, managing the ukrainian people, guys. what is this? yes, the stalinist empire. by the way, in kyiv, how do you know? what else did the golden mayor live in kyiv? did you eat the first uh prime minister? she

today, at the meeting of the church's national assembly — the general synod — there'll be a debate onad about who they are, but because of the way society stigmatises them. parliament made gay marriage legal here back in 2013, but the church didn't change its teaching — it still won't allow gay marriages in churches, or to be conducted by its clergy, and even the proposal of blessing prayers has upset some traditionalists. i think we're trying to do something which holds together the unity of the church, and i'm not going to apologise for that because, you know, if you look around the world and see what usually happens when people disagree — i mean, that would be the easy thing to do, to split. but we really don't want to do that. over the weekend, the archbishop of canterbury was in south sudan with the pope, trying to build peace. some conservative african bishops have threatened to leave the global anglican community if the church of england moves towards same—sex marriage. and that's a consideration, too. is it ok to hold a church together by sacrificing lgbtq+ people on the altar

in the uk, priests will now bless same-sex marriages, couples came to this decision by the general synodthe anglican church after a heated debate, the new rule applies only to families that have officially registered their relationship.