The team, lead by presenter Nick Knowles, has been working to create supportive living accommodation for 16-18 year olds.

Local homeless charity Nightsafe, who receive funding from Children In Need were approached by the organisation in January about a potential DIY project.

St Silas Church wanted to re-purpose its parish rooms to better serve the local community and, having worked with the homeless charity in the past, offered the space to Nightsafe.

Rev Sheelagh Aston is the vicar at St Silas’ and told Premier they were inspired by the gospel of Luke to give the space to the work of Nightsafe.

Referencing Luke 10:3, she said: “Jesus says, if you’ve got two buildings, two coats, give one to somebody else. And that really spoke to us.

“And we thought, in real terms, we don’t need the parish centre, it could be given over to a charity.”

The project gained the interest of the BBC after Nightsafe shared they would be partnering with a local church to help the homeless.

Rev Aston said the show’s producers were excited to feature the church’s commitment to social action.

“The producers realised that this is quite a unique product and that the Church is playing quite a strong role in it. They’ve really been quite encouraging to us, to speak up and say this is as much a Christian project as it is a settler’s project, it’s a meeting of communities.”

Francis cited Catholic doctrine in responding to a question about the Chagos Islands during an in-flight press conference as he flew home from a visit to three African countries, including Mauritius.

Francis said when countries give international organisations such as the United Nations or international tribunals the right to adjudicate disputes, those decisions must be respected.

“It’s true that not always things that seem ‘just’ for all of humanity are ‘just’ for our pockets,” he said.

“But you must obey international institutions.”

Earlier this year, the UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand that Britain, which held onto the Chagos Islands after granting Mauritius independence in 1968, end its “colonial administration” and return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The vote was taken after the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion in February saying that Britain illegally carved up Mauritius when it kept Chagos.

Britain, which calls the archipelago a British Indian Ocean Territory, has refused to abide by both non-binding decisions.

It has argued that the archipelago never really belonged to Mauritius and that its continued presence there is strategically important.

Britain evicted about 2,000 people from the Chagos Islands in the 1960s and 1970s so the US military could build the Diego Garcia air base.

Some of the evacuees have lobbied…

John Carr’s comment came as new figures show the number of child grooming cases recorded by police have risen by a third in 12 months in England and Wales.

The NSPCC said Instagram accounted for one in three cases in the year to April.

Carr, who’s the Secretary of the UK Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety, said: “Any groups that are working with young people can do some great work.

“I’ve seen great examples of in youth clubs and church groups, scouts, and so on.

“The leaders of these groups need to be up to speed. They need to know what’s going on.

“Anybody who works with children who doesn’t understand how the internet works and our children use it can’t be doing their job properly or well enough, I’m afraid.

“There’s a great role for youth leaders in in every area to help.”

Figures published by the NSPCC also show more than 7,500 crimes have been recorded in the two years since the offence came into law.

One in five cases involved children aged 11 or under.

Facebook, which owns Instagram, said it has a team of 30,000 people ready to respond to issues around the clock.

Carr said the bulk of the responsibility lies on social media platforms to tighten up security and deal with issues quickly, but parents can’t rely on that.

“I think companies do need to step up and do more, but certainly no parent should delegate to a technology company responsibility for…

The 32-year-old striker was chosen as the guest editor in chief for the French publication ‘Jesus’.

Giroud told French newspaper Le Figaro that he uses any opportunity he can to talk about this faith.

“I try to speak about my faith whenever I can,” he said.

“I feel I have to use my media profile to talk about my commitment to Jesus Christ, and the matters that concern me.

“That is why I accepted the chance to edit September’s Jesus magazine. It’s very interesting for me.”

Giroud, who turns 33 on September 30, appears on the cover of the magazine with the headline “33 years old, the age of Christ.”

September cover of Jesus magazine

Giroud also expressed his disdain for current issues in football.

“When I see what’s happening in football these days – racism, homophobic banners – it makes me want to take a stance and say ‘stop’,” he said.

“We organised a gala in London recently to benefit Christians who are persecuted around the world. It went very well.

“This is unusual in the world of football, but sometimes when I go to church people call on me to help.

“It is all done humbly and discreetly, and it is something that means a lot to me.”

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Wilson was the associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and was transparent about his struggle with depression. 

He was the co-founder of mental health charity Anthem of Hope and had a passion for helping people deal with suicidal thoughts. 

Before his death on Monday evening he tweeted:” Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure suicidal thoughts. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure depression. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure PTSD. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure anxiety. But that doesn’t mean Jesus doesn’t offer us companionship and comfort. He ALWAYS does that.”

Following Wilson’s death, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Greg Laurie, said in a statement: “At a time like this, there are just no words. The Bible says, ‘There is a time to mourn’. This is certainly that time.”

He added: “Sometimes people may think that as pastors or spiritual leaders we are somehow above the pain and struggles of everyday people. We are the ones who are supposed to have all the answers. But we do not.

“At the end of the day, pastors are just people who need to reach out to God for his help and strength, each and every day.”

Wilson’s wife, Juli, posted a tribute to her husband on Tuesday evening.

She said: “I love you forever, Thomas Jarrid Wilson, but I have to say that you being gone has completely ripped my heart out of…

Wilson was the associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and was transparent about his struggle with depression. 

He was the co-founder of the mental health charity Anthem of Hope and had a passion for helping people deal with suicidal thoughts. 

Before his death on Monday evening he tweeted:” Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure suicidal thoughts. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure depression. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure PTSD. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure anxiety. But that doesn’t mean Jesus doesn’t offer us companionship and comfort. He ALWAYS does that.”

Following Wilson’s death, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Greg Laurie, said in a statement: “At a time like this, there are just no words. The Bible says, ‘There is a time to mourn’. This is certainly that time.”

He added: “Sometimes people may think that as pastors or spiritual leaders we are somehow above the pain and struggles of everyday people. We are the ones who are supposed to have all the answers. But we do not.

“At the end of the day, pastors are just people who need to reach out to God for his help and strength, each and every day.”

Wilson’s wife, Juli, posted a tribute to her husband on Tuesday evening.

She said: “I love you forever, Thomas Jarrid Wilson, but I have to say that you being gone has completely ripped my heart out of my chest. You loved me and our boys relentlessly and we are forever grateful that I had…