The US evangelist said Donald Trump has undergone a transformation in the 16 months since he moved into the White House in January 2017.

He told the ‘Axios on HBO’ show: “Now people say, ‘Well Frank but how can you defend him, when he’s lived such a sordid life?’

“I never said he was the best example of the Christian faith. He defends the faith. And I appreciate that very much.”

More than a dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct – in alleged incidents spanning from the early 1980s to 2013. He denies the allegations.

Rev Graham, who gave an exclusive interview with Premier in January, continued: “Trump has admitted his faults and has apologised to his wife and his daughter for things he has done and said.

“And he has to stand before God for those things.”

Donald Trump has also drawn applause from US church leaders for publicly expressing support for religious liberty and the pro-life movement.

In January, he declared 18th January to be Religious Freedom Day. The president supported the case of Jack Phillips (pictured below), a Christian cake decorator who was taken to court for refusing to cater for a same-sex wedding.

Among his pro-life policies, Mr Trump signed a new resolution which allowed states to withhold federal funding from certain abortion…

The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove on Monday called for urgent action on climate change, as the new forecasts predict warmer and drier weather in the UK.

It’s projected that summer temperatures could be hotter by up to 5.4 degrees Celsius by 2070 – and average summer rainfall could fall by nearly half.

Sea levels are also projected to rise over the 21st century.

Andy Lester, Conservation Director with A Rocha UK told Premier that the new figures are worrying.

“We’re facing a new reality, and that is that within many people’s lifetimes, the impact of climate change will have a day-to-day effect on many of our lives, which in some cases will make the difference between life and death.”

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement: “The UK already leads the world in tackling climate change with emissions reduced by more than 40 per cent since 1990. However these projections show a future we could face without further action.”

Further predictions are that the chance of a summer as hot as 2018 is around 50 per cent by 2050, sea levels in London could rise by up to 1.15 metres by 2100 and average summer rainfall could decrease by up to 47 per cent by 2070, while there could be up to 35 per cent more precipitation in winter.

Nevertheless, Lester told Premier that the UK and individual Christians can still make a difference.

“We can be real…

In assemblies last week, one of the RE teachers at Lady Lumley’s specialist sports and languages college in Pickering, Mrs Paul, made the controversial decision to tell students that Christmas celebrations this year were cancelled.

Mrs Paul asked pupils whether the message of Christmas has been lost and buried under an “avalanche of commercialisation”.

She gave examples of Christmas cards that bear no relation to the origin or meaning of Christmas but carry symbols we now recognise as associated with the holiday season.

The school explained that as a result, cards, gifts and Christmas activities are banned.

Mrs Paul asked students to consider the true meaning of Christmas and write to her, using the email address [email protected], with their “persuasive arguments” explaining how Christmas should be celebrated at this time of year to try and persuade her to change her mind.

Writing in the schools blog about Christmas, the headmaster of Lady Lumley’s Richard Bramley said: “Christmas is a day about celebrating the birth of Jesus and should be a time of good will to all, yet it can be a very stressful, expensive, argumentative and lonely time.”

The pupils have until Friday to try and change the schools position on Christmas celebrations this year.

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A court has found Jeremy and Kristy Morris from Hayden in the US state of Idaho did suffer religious discrimination at the hands of their local housing association.

They claimed the West Hayden States First Addition Homeowners Association tried to block their festive celebrations – allegedly over concerns about noise, bright lights and its religious nature.

The Morris family informed the association in December 2014 of their intention to move into Ferndale Drive and plans to stage the annual festive celebration.

A letter allegedly sent by the association threatened “expensive litigation” if its rules were flouted, saying Jeremy and Kristy could not move into the neighbourhood unless they scrapped the nativity event.

The note read: “It’s not the intention of the Board to discourage you from becoming part of our great neighborhood, but we do not wish to become entwined in any expensive litigation to enforce long standing rules and regulations and fill our neighborhood with the hundreds of people and possible undesirables.

“We have worked hard to keep our area peaceful, quiet, and clean.”

“And finally, I am somewhat hesitant in bringing up the fact that some of our residents are non-Christians or of another faith. And I don’t even want to think of the problems that could bring up.”

Taking the association to court last…

Canberra said it is willing to grant asylum in the event that talks to bring Asia Bibi and her family to Canada stall.

The development was welcomed by campaign group The Australian Christian Lobby, which urged ministers to “act now”.

Managing director, Martyn Iles said: “This is momentous news for all who have lobbied so hard and so long for Asia Bibi.”

It remains unclear what progress has been made since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed two weeks ago that Canada was “in discussions” with Islamabad about Ms Bibi.

Mr Iles continued: “Government sources have this afternoon confirmed that it will make an offer of asylum to Asia Bibi if Canada does not do so in the coming days.

“This announcement means that both her and her family have been guaranteed a home in one of the freest and safest countries on earth.”

Earlier this month, Italy’s deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he would do “everything humanly possible” to secure her safety.

Nationwide protests by hard-line Islamists erupted in major Pakistani cities when Ms Bibi was acquitted at the country’s Supreme Court.

She had been on death row since 2010, when she was convicted of insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Since her release from jail, Ms Bibi has been kept at a secret location in Pakistan. Her family…