The tour, which is expected to last through 2018, follows a similar feat last year which saw him visit all 42 Anglican cathedrals in England.

This time round he will visit churches of different denominations and places of worship of different faiths.

Many of the buildings he will visit have been suggested by members of the community.

“England is a country with a rich heritage of religious diversity and our modern society thrives on the range of its faith communities,” he said.

“Having already visited the 42 Anglican Cathedrals in England, I am looking forward to visiting 42 places of worship that serve Britain’s other faith communities. It is important that we recognise the important part these places of worship and religious groups play in our communities.”

Great to meet up with friends from many faiths to discuss the importance of Inter Faith – thanks #InterFaithWeek pic.twitter.com/p7TLKdfF7T

— Lord Nick Bourne (@lordnickbourne) November 13, 2017

Lord Bourne started the tour off in Leicester where he visited St Mary’s, the church where he was christened.

The start of the tour also marked Inter Faith week where people of faith are encouraged to engage with those of differing beliefs.

Metropolitan Police confirmed on Thursday that 71 people, including a stillborn baby, make up the final death toll in the Grenfell Tower fire.

Police said all those who died in the blaze in west London five months ago have been recovered and identified.

However, Pastor Derek Wilson from Tabernacle Christian Centre told Premier’s News Hour he thinks the actual figure is higher.

He said: “To say there are only 71, I can agree that is what they have identified but what about those that are still unidentified, where there are no DNA records and dental records?

“That it is the question that must be asked.”

Wilson added that a lot of survivors were upset when they heard the final death toll.

In June, police indicated the figure would be at least 80, a number disputed as too low by some people, who claimed a cover-up by authorities and the media.

Campaign group Justice4Grenfell even set up its own unofficial database cataloguing the victims of the fire.

In disclosing the final death toll on Thursday, Scotland Yard explained that a number of factors contributed to the figure being less than 80.

Police received multiple missing persons reports, some under different names, and undertook the enormous task of locating some people thought to have been in the building who were actually elsewhere at the time.

Footage examined by police showed that 223 people escaped the blaze.

Officers are also dealing with eight cases of fraud…

Four choristers were in the basket when Robin Batchelor, the pilot who taught Sir Richard Branson how to fly, took the balloon airborne on Wednesday evening.

Entrepreneur and philanthropist, Hamish Ogston CBE provided his hot air balloon for the event, which celebrated his six-figure donation towards a restoration of the landmark’s pipe organ.

He said: “I… hope today’s entertaining service with the hot air balloon helps to inspire other places of worship around the world to think about how they can use their majestic, but underutilised, spaces to raise substantial income each year and attract the next generation of visitors.”

Hamish Ogston CBE provided £384,000 to complete the refurbishment of Liverpool Cathedral’s Grand Organ, the largest pipe organ in the country.

Canon Myles Davies, Acting Dean of Liverpool, said: “We are absolutely delighted and humbled by the progress we have made with the restoration of our magnificent Cathedral.”

Built in 1926 and consisting of 10,268 pipes, cathedral bosses say the Grand Organ has been in continuous use for more than 90 years and now requires “urgent” repairs.