Fiona Gosden, 28, who has a very rare bone condition that affects her hands and legs, said has found it “challenging” dealing with congregants’ assumptions about how she’s handling her condition.

Speaking during Premier’s News Hour she said: “Sometimes it might be that I want prayer for something else and then they notice my disability.

“It can get lonely in that they only see the disability.”

Her comments echo a new study by disability charity Scope that found three-quarters of working age disabled people admitted experiencing loneliness in the 12 months to July.

It was even higher than that for 18 to 34-year-olds who have a disability and the charity put it down to things like underfunding in the social care system and the struggle to find a job.

Mark Atkinson, chief executive at Scope, said: “Our new research has exposed the hidden reality of many disabled people’s lives.

“We urge the Government to develop a cross-departmental disability strategy.

“They need to ensure that the investment we make in social care and benefits provides a decent standard of living for disabled people, rather than allowing loneliness and isolation to thrive.”

Gosden told Premier God has helped her deal with loneliness.

She explained: “A year ago when I had a very challenging situation with my health, I really felt that God taught me how to depend entirely on him in my weakest moments.

“It’s remembering that God’s power is perfect in our weakness so I’ve actually found that I’ve…

Nathan Wyburn, a former Britain’s Got Talent contestant, said he uses food, glitter and anything he can for his work.

He told Premier about the motive for his new masterpiece.

He said: “Honestly it was just a little fun, people were upset that Greggs replaced baby Jesus with a sausage roll so I took it upon myself to bring him back!

“So to speak… It’s light humour with no harm intended obviously. I work with food a lot in my artwork anyway and it just seemed fitting.

“Art is meant to spark conversation and I think it does that.”

Wyburn  uploaded a video showing how he created the portrait of Jesus. 

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He said he ate the sausage roll afterwards.

Embrace the Middle East, a Christian charity, has asked for believers intercede for the nation, amid new uncertainty sparked by Saad Hariri’s (pictured below) announcement he was quitting as prime minister,.

Jamie Ayre from Embrace told Premier: “I think there is hope the situation will be resolved but I think we need to pray that the situation remains stable”.

Mr Hariri says he will return to Lebanon (Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is pictured below) in the coming days and confirm his decision, despite President Michel Aoun saying he refused to accept the resignation.

The prime minister, who made the surprise announcement during a televised address in Saudi Arabia, denied he had been held in the capital, Riyadh, against his will.

The decision ignited speculation Mr Hariri was forced to leave his post as part of a regional struggle for power – principally between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

In the TV speech, he accused accused both Iran and its ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah, of trying to destabilise his country and the wider region.

Jamie Ayre added: “If it is true that Saudi Arabia was seeking to influence things, people fear that more they would do more and start to interfere with the economy.

“There are many Lebanese people living in Saudi and the Gulf; about $4.5 billion gets back in remittances back to Lebanon.

“It’s been really interesting speaking to Lebanese…