The Iranian who is trying to claim asylum in the UK on the grounds of Christian conversion received a letter this week saying his argument that he converted to Christianity after discovering it was a peaceful religion must be false due to various passages from the Bible with violent imagery, which the letter quotes.

The letter contains quotes from Matthew, Revelation and Exodus to argue that the claimant had made an error in assuming Christianity was : “about peace, forgiveness and kindness”.

The refusal of an asylum offer stated: “These examples are inconsistent with your claim that you converted to Christianity after discovering it is a ‘peaceful’ religion.”

Since then, the Church of England and Archbishop Angaelos from the Coptic Orthodox Church in London are among many to have called out the Home Office saying that they cannot refuse a case by simply criticising someone’s religion.

Nathan Stevens, the Christian immigration case worker who is working on the Iranian national’s case has now revealed that the Home Office are withdrawing their refusal and will be giving the case workers more opportunities to present further evidence in order to claim asylum in the UK.

Important news on the Iranian Christian conversion case I have been working on: the Home Office have agreed to withdraw their refusal and to reconsider our client’s asylum application, offering us a…

Hull Community Church has held a minute’s silence in memory of Libby and people have been able to light candles and write down their thoughts and prayers.

Humberside Police had been searching for the 21-year-old who disappeared from near her Hull home seven weeks ago.

Detective Superintendent Martin Smalley said formal identification has now taken place after the body was found on Wednesday afternoon.

Professor Susan Lea, vice-chancellor at the University of Hull, said: “As a close-knit University community of staff and students, we are all absolutely devastated by the loss of our student, Libby Squire.

“Our hearts go out to Libby’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time and we will continue to give them our full support.

“We have been incredibly moved by the way staff, students, Humberside Police and the local community have all come together over the past few weeks.

“The kindness and care everyone has shown towards each other has been overwhelming, as has everyone’s commitment to finding Libby since she went missing.”

Ms Squire was last seen just after midnight on Friday 1st February on Beverley Road close to the junction with Haworth Street in the East Yorkshire city.

Her body was discovered close to Spurn Point around 3.30pm on Wednesday and taken to Grimsby docks.

Ms Squire, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was studying philosophy at the University…

Surrey Police were working to decide whether Caroline Farrow had committed a criminal offence after a charity boss accused her of misgendering her daughter.

But on Thursday the force said: “The original allegation has subsequently been withdrawn and no further action will be taken in relation to this matter.”

The incident in October came after Ms Farrow appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain alongside Susie Green, whose daughter Jackie is transgender.

Ms Green, the founder of transgender support charity Mermaids, said she made the complaint because of the context surrounding the tweets, not solely because of the misgendering of her daughter.

‘I couldn’t let the constant referencing to herself as a victim stand’

Founder of trans charity Mermaids – Susie Green – reported tweets from journalist Caroline Farrow about her daughter who has transitioned, to police.

She explains why she withdrew the complaint yesterday. pic.twitter.com/t4Ic5Xl4cz

— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) March 20, 2019

“She constantly refers to my daughter as a boy but that’s not… the key issues in here weren’t those,” she told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme.

“It was the really damaging things that she said about me and my actions that made me decide that this was an appropriate course of action.”

On Tuesday, Catholic commentator Ms Farrow said that the police’s move to…

But Benjamin Field, 28, denied involvement in the deaths of Peter Farquhar (pictured below), 69 and Ann Moore-Martin, 83, who lived three doors from each other in the picturesque village of Maids Moreton, in Buckinghamshire.

Detectives launched a murder inquiry more than two years after the death in October 2015 of Mr Farquhar, a guest lecturer at the University of Buckingham, and seven months after the death of retired headmistress Ms Moore-Martin in May 2017.

Benjamin Field appeared via video link from Peterborough prison for a plea hearing beside his co-accused magician Martyn Smith, 32, who denied all charges against him.

His brother Tom Field, 24, stood in the dock of Court One of the Old Bailey to deny a single fraud charge.

During the hearing, Benjamin Field pleaded guilty to fraud by making representations to Mr Farquhar and Ms Moore Martin that he “knew were or might be untrue or misleading”, that he was “in a genuine, caring relationship” with them.

He admitted fraud by claiming to Ms Moore-Martin that he needed £4,400 for a new car and that his brother Tom Field was suffering from a kidney ailment that was so severe he needed a dialysis machine.

He also pleaded guilty to two burglaries in which he stole a bottle of Drambuie, three rifles and a bayonet.

Benjamin Field and Smith denied conspiring to murder the…

The Faculty of Divinity said an initial invitation to the psychology professor had been rescinded following “a further review”. Some students had protested against the visiting fellowship.

A controversial figure, Prof Peterson has attracted attention for his outspoken views on gender, race, political correctness and climate change.

In a response published on his website, he said: “I think the Faculty of Divinity made a serious error of judgement in rescinding their offer to me.”

Prof Peterson had previously said he was looking forward to spending two months at the university, as part of plans to produce a lecture series about the biblical book of Exodus.

The 56-year-old, who has previously taken part in Premier’s Unbelievable show, said he had been in talks with the Faculty of Divinity about giving talks to students which would have been of “mutual benefit” to all parties concerned.

Jordan Peterson requested a visiting fellowship at the Faculty of Divinity, and an initial offer has been rescinded after a further review.

— Faculty of Divinity (@CamDivinity) March 20, 2019

The Faculty said: “Jordan Peterson requested a visiting fellowship at the Faculty of Divinity, and an initial offer has been rescinded after a further review.”

A spokesperson for Cambridge University was quoted by the Guardian as saying: “[Cambridge] is an inclusive environment and we expect all…

The research by psychologists compared people with strong beliefs in either God or science, and found stress levels increased significantly when participants were challenged to talk about Brexit.

The study asked religious university students to first write about an important event in their lives where a god or science had been particularly helpful – prompting them to focus on their beliefs.

Participants were then told to argue their case for or against Britain leaving the EU in front of a panel judging the credibility of their arguments.

The research, conducted by psychologists at Coventry University and University at Albany, New York, measured heart rate, blood pressure and a stress response hormone.

Each participant was monitored for subjective measures of stress alongside their strength of ideology to see the impact of reflecting on belief.

The findings, which analysed the responses of 100 students, suggested that when people are not able to anticipate an upcoming acute stressor, their ability to cope with the stressful situation is not improved by having recently reflected on their beliefs.

Co-author Anna Newheiser, assistant professor of psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York, said: “It’s possible that had participants had a chance to reflect on their beliefs after, rather than…