20 h. ago ‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high

Surge in 2025 sales correlates with the growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research showsFor Christian booksellers, the good news about Bible sales has been few and far between. But in recent retail figures, there was a revelation.Sales of the good book reached a record high in the UK in 2025, increasing by 134% since 2019 – the highest since records began – according to industry research. Last year, the total sales of Bibles in the UK reached £6.3m in 2025, £3.61mup on 2019 sales. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Bible sales in Britain hit record high as experts say interest in religion among Gen Z has driven a 134% increase over past six years

Total sales of the Bible reached £6.3million in Britain last year - up 134 per cent in value since £2.7million in 2019, according to analysis of Nielsen BookScan data.

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46 h. ago Trump claims to have cancelled ‘previously expected’ second wave of attacks on Venezuela – US politics live

US president says move was reaction to Caracas releasing large numbers of political prisoners as ‘sign of seeking peace’US border patrol agents shot two people outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.The Portland police bureau (PPB) said in a statement on Thursday afternoon that two people were in hospital after a shooting involving federal agents, adding that the conditions of those shot were not known.Venezuela is releasing large numbers of political prisoners as a sign of “Seeking Peace.” This is a very important and smart gesture. The U.S.A. and Venezuela are working well together, especially as it pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their oil and gas infrastructure. Because of this cooperation, I have cancelled the previously expected second Wave of Attacks, which looks like it will not be needed, however, all ships will stay in place for safety and security purposes. At least ...

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66 h. ago ‘Pack what’s precious’: Victorians bracing for catastrophic fire danger hunker down with caravans, kelpies and litres of water

The black summer bushfires cast a dark shadow as people seek shelter at the Seymour disaster relief centreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen 82-year-old Jan Sporry and her husband had to pack up and leave their home in regional Victoria – possibly for the last time – they struggled to choose what to take with them.On Thursday, the couple and their kelpie Ruby moved to a disaster relief centre in Seymour as firefighters fought blazes in the worst heatwave since the 2019-20 black summer bushfire season and the state braced for a day of catastrophic fire danger on Friday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Jump in people seeking debt help over Christmas, support service reports

Many people were seeking support during the night, the organisation said.

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7 d. ago More than half of UK therapists report rise in out of control porn use

Exclusive: Survey finds growing number ‘neglecting responsibilities’ or ‘damaging relationships’ as a result‘I’d try to hide it as best I could’: a UK man on his struggle with porn addictionMore than half of therapists who work with men with addiction have noticed a rise in out of control porn use over the past year, according to new data.Experts are urgently calling for a national strategy on pornography as a total of 53% of therapists surveyed by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) said they had seen a rise in people seeking help for problematic pornography use that was interfering with their life or driving them to seek out more extreme content. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Faces of missing people after Swiss ski resort bar fire which killed 47

The families of seven young people, mostly teenagers, are urgently seeking for information following the devastating fire in Crans-Montana.

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9 d. ago More women reporting abuse in Norway as member of royal family to go on trial for rape

Country’s largest women’s health organisation says case of Marius Borg Høiby encouraging people to seek helpStaff at Norway’s largest women’s health organisation have seen a rise in the number of women reporting abuse and sexual assault at the hands of their partners ahead of the rape trial of a member of the royal family, saying they hope the case helps to “break taboos”.Marius Borg Høiby, the 28-year-old son of the Norwegian crown princess, is due to stand trial in February on 32 charges including four counts of rape, the domestic abuse of a former partner and the illegal filming of a number of women without their knowledge or consent. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Volunteers wanted for vital South Lanarkshire mentoring programme

Covey is seeking more people to support its Intandem programme helping young people in the care system.

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1 week ago Violent crimes against parents by children up 60% since 2015, shows London data

Exclusive: Met figures thought to reflect national picture with Covid, poverty and more people seeking help possible factorsThe number of violent offences involving an adolescent attacking their parents or step-parents has increased by more than 60% in the past decade, according to figures recorded by the UK’s biggest police force.Data released by Scotland Yard reveals that there were 1,886 such offences recorded in 2015 but this increased to 3,091 in the first 10 months of 2025 alone. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago South African police continue arrests after mass shooting at a pub

Police in South Africa say they have arrested 11 people and are seeking a potential connection to Sunday’s shooting at a pub that killed 10 people

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2 w. ago Wolves’ freefall leaves even Derby’s dismal record low a lofty goal

A side that once looked resilient has collapsed into historic futility, with Wolves now facing the grim task of avoiding the worst season English league football has ever seenSaturday’s defeat at home to Brentford means Wolves have taken just two points for 17 games. No side in the entire history of English league football, in any division, has ever made a worse start than that. To reach 11 points, the record low for a Premier League season set by Derby County in 2007-08, would require a significant improvement.How can this have happened? Wolves finished 16th last season, recovering after a dismal start. When Vitor Pereira took over on 19 December last year, they were second bottom on nine points from 16 games. They picked up 23 points from the final 22 games of the season and effectively ended any prospect of relegation with a run of six successive victories in the spring. How can a team go from averaging near enough a point a game to a 10th of that? The drop-off is extraordinary.T...

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2 w. ago GP issues 'face mask' guidance as flu 'significant illness' cases rise

Dr Iain Morrison has shared advice on when people with the flu should seek medical help

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2 w. ago The 'less fashionable' and 'less thought about' town set to be transformed

A leading developer believes more people will seek to live in new homes in ‘under invested and overlooked’ areas of Greater Manchester

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3 w. ago Avatar: Fire and Ash review – witchy new sex interest can’t save this gigantically dull hunk of nonsense

The third Avatar chapter erupts with volcanic world-building and thunderous action yet remains a vast, dazzling spectacle in search of an emotional arcOn and on and on it goes. The planet-sized movie franchise of Avatar continues to spin massively in the cosmos – yet without affecting the tides in any other world. Maybe Avatar is the cosmos and its originator James Cameron is the new L Ron Hubbard; the creator, or rather prophet, of a new belief system involving big blue creatures with pointy ears that flap and twitch when they talk, to whom we will all one day be required to bow down when they float past. And while the rest of the cinema industry has quietly abandoned 3D without ever quite admitting it, theatres showing James Cameron’s giant new three-hour hunk of nonsense are still handing out the 3D specs to the customers.The first film was about human invaders seeking to exploit and colonise the weird tall blue Na’vi people in another galaxy for their mineral resources by piloti...

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3 w. ago Europe’s New Faces review – a punishing immersion in the migrant journey

A four-hour documentary observes life in a Paris squat and perilous Mediterranean crossings – but its non-narrative structure tests the limits of endurance and empathyEgyptian-American film-maker Sam Abbas’s experimental documentary was made over four years and shows footage of African and South Asian immigrants making the treacherous journey up through Libya and across the Mediterranean to a Parisian squat. That’s a misleadingly linear description of the film; it’s actually cleaved into two parts which would seem back to front if we were following the stories of specific people. The first section observes life in the squat where the residents support each other as they face eviction threats and the bureaucracy of asylum-seeking, while the second part looks on as other people make the rough sea passage. Time is also spent aboard boats run by organisations such as Doctors Without Borders who seek to help the migrants.All that might make this sound like any number of 21st-century docu...

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4 w. ago Racist offences in Scotland on the rise and account for 60 per cent of all hate crimes

The latest data comes as anti-migrant protests grow, with many hotels co-opted by the Home Office into housing people seeking asylum.

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