The list by Historic England details places of worship that are in poor condition and need of funding and repair.

St George the Martyr church near London Bridge, also known as the ’Little Dorrit’ church is in need of repair and so has been added to Historic England’s list. The vicar of the church, Reverend Jonathan Sedgwick told Premier:  “the roof leaks, so my office under one of the corners gets flooded whenever it rains very hard and some of the stone work is coming off the outside of the building, so just things that need fixing.

“We’re very thankful that since we’ve been put on the list we have been able to get the Heritage Lottery funding involved and grants from a number of other funding  bodies.”

St George the Martyr church has funding to begin renovations and hope this will help them continue to do what they already do in the community.  

He added: “It’s also really important that they [churches] live and do their job as churches today…we’ve got a concert going on as I speak to you, we have a foodbank here this afternoon and a café.”

Andrew Reynolds, artistic director and curator of St Luke’s Bombed Out Church in Liverpool spoke to Premier’s Cara Bentley about how the venue had been taken off the Heritage at Risk list:

On Thursday, it was reported a private company was in talks with a health trust to trial a scheme in Essex aimed at freeing up beds.

Under the scheme, so-called ‘hosts’ would need no care experience but could be paid £50 a night to offer Airbnb-style accommodation and three microwave meals a day.

Roslyn Anyanwu, a Christian and owner of Gentle Hands care home told Premier’s News Hour her reaction to the idea.

She said: “Care is more than care. It’s not just giving somebody breakfast or giving them food to eat. There is what is called duty of care for every carer.

“People with no experience should not go and care for anybody.”

However, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have released a statement saying there’s never been a plan in place for it to be involved in a scheme and has insisted it will never compromise safety.

The NHS hospital also said it won’t look at trialling the idea until necessary arrangements are in place.

Ministers were also urged to drop the “preposterous” trial scheme.

Labour former minister Lord Clark of Windermere warned that “vulnerable patients” would be allocated to homes where the host had no “medical expertise”.

At question time, he said: “Won’t the Government listen to the medical opinion and drop this preposterous scheme.”

His sentiments were backed by Anyanwu who told Premier what she considered a better solution to the shortage of hospital beds.

She explained: “People…