In a recent interview with Compassion UK – the Christian charity who help people sponsor children in poverty – Naomi Scott said her faith is part of who she is and what she does. 

The actress, 26, is starring as Princess Jasmine in Guy Ritchie’s remake of Aladdin, alongside Will Smith and Mena Massoud, who plays Aladdin. 

In her early career, Naomi Scott acted in programmes for the Disney Channel UK and recently in a Power Rangers series but Aladdin has brought her to international attention. 

She said in the interview: “Sometimes we [her and her husband Jordan Spence] get asked the question, ‘How do you juggle your faith and what you do?’ But for me, I don’t know how I would do life without my faith.

“That peace that you know you’re loved and valued is something that keeps me incredibly grounded, incredibly focused. Quite honestly, I don’t see it as this separate thing, this add on thing, my faith is just a part of who I am and what I do.

“Life is incredibly exciting at the moment, there’s a lot going on. We just think wow. God’s grace. But no matter what happens, no matter what somebody says about me on Twitter, whatever the future holds, to know that that doesn’t define me is incredible. To know that doesn’t inform my identity in any way shape or form (although it’s easier said than done sometimes). That’s going to be the thing keeping…

After their 2-nil win over Tottenham Hotspur, Alisson stripped down to a T-shirt picturing ‘the cross = love’. 

The Brazilian player praised God on social media when he got his first chance to play in a World Cup and has said in an interview for his previous team Roma’s website that he doesn’t have any pre-match routines: “the only thing I do is point to the sky. I’m a Christian so I’m not a superstitious person.”

When asked if he had any advice for future goalkeepers, he said: “If you want to be a great keeper, you need to work very hard. That’s what I do. You need to be very focused on football and I think faith is important too. If you believe in God, you know you have to do your best on the pitch and put love into everything you do in life.”

This would be the best time to honour a goalkeeper. Until now no goalkeeper has ever won a #BallondOr and I presume, it would be a close contest between Van Dijk and @Alissonbecker. I won’t be surprised if Alisson receives the honour this time around. pic.twitter.com/UXeAzNr1Aw

— Faisal Caesar (@faisalyorker1) June 2, 2019

On Saturday, Mo Salah scored Liverpool’s first goal in Madrid, just two minutes in from a penalty. 

After Liverpool’s second goal by Divock Origi, Alisson Becker knelt on the grass and pointed to God. 

After the match, he facetimed his daughter and wife, Natalia Becker, who couldn’t come to Madrid because she is pregnant. 

When he announced that his wife was expecting their…

Relatives of the 29 people who died are expected to join members of the local community and public figures at Southend Parish Church of Scotland to honour their memories.

The helicopter was on its way from RAF Aldergrove near Belfast to Inverness on 2nd June 1994 when it crashed into a remote hillside in a ball of flames.

Rev Stephen Fulcher, minister of Saddell and Carradale is leading both services, the first at 11.45am.

He said: “This is the 25th anniversary of a tragedy that had a huge impact on this very small rural community and remains to this day a living memory for many people.

“A lot of local residents have kept up contact with relatives of the people who were aboard the helicopter and continue to hold them in their thoughts and prayers to this day.

“This is an anniversary of national significance and I expect quite a lot of local people will attend the service because many of them vividly remember that fateful day like it was yesterday.”

Former local lighthouse keeper Hector Lamont, who was first on the scene of the crash which occurred during thick fog, is expected to be among people paying their respects.

Representatives from the emergency services, Lord Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute, Patrick Stewart, Deputy Provost of Argyll and Bute, Roderick McCuish, and local MP, Brendan O’Hara, will be in attendance.

Following a community lunch in the…