Tom Lawson at Eastbourne College said he had requested copies of sermons in advance from visiting clergy members to ensure he wasn’t falling short of Government anti-terrorism measures.

Neither senior chaplain at Eton College, Rev Stephen Grey or an unnamed bishop has been immune to Mr Lawson’s precautions, according to the Mail on Sunday.

Mr Lawson highlighted the Prevent programme – a Government initiative primarily trying to tackle Islamic extremism – as creating too much paperwork for school staff.

He told the newspaper he felt obliged to check the “suitability” of visiting speakers to ensure he was meeting the expectations of inspectors.

Mr Lawson also said: “The hypocrisy of the adult world is that we exhort and applaud young people who push beyond their comfort zone, but then as schools eschew every risk.”

Matthew Armstrong, head of King’s School in Worcester told the Mail on Sunday: “The combination of health and safety regulations, compliance requirements and Prevent strategies is becoming such a great burden that it requires real single-mindedness to focus on educating young people.”

Premier has approached the Department of Education and the Home Office for a comment.

According to the Mail on Sunday, the Corporation did not disclose the finding that the majority of people do not support dropping the requirement for two doctors to approve each termination.

Christian and Conservative MP for Congleton, Fiona Bruce responded by telling the paper: “How can people be expected to have a fair and proper debate if facts are suppressed?”

“It undermines credibility to cherry-pick polling results to reflect a lobby which programme makers may be sympathetic.”

Broadcast last Monday night, ‘Abortion on Trial’ featured eight women, including two self-professing Christians, who had each undergone an abortion.

Presenter, Anne Robinson compared how the women’s views by contrast or reflect views held by the wider British population.

She quoted various results from a survey conducted on behalf of the BBC by ICM, including that 87 per cent of religious people support abortions being carried out in some or all circumstances.

Ms Robinson, who underwent an abortion in 1968, also revealed that just 15 per cent of people believe a male partner’s consent should be required for an abortion.

The show also featured Lord Steele, the architect of 1967 Abortion Act, who suggested that abortion ought to be completely decriminalised.

The BBC told the Mail on Sunday: “It is completely wrong to suggest that the BBC suppressed the results of the poll.

“They were…

An Employment Tribunal has rejected a claim by Richard Page that he should be instated as a non-executive director at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

Andrea Williams from the Christian Legal Centre, which has been supporting the 71 year old, told Premier: “Simply for holding a perfectly lawful view, a view that many people would hold up and down the country, this gentleman finds himself removed from public office.”

Mr Page brought his claim against the NHS Trust Development Authority before the Croydon Employment Tribunal in August this year after he was suspended in March 2016.

The Trust asserted to the Tribunal that comments Mr Page gave to the media last year about his views on family life “undermined” the confidence of staff.

Vowing to take his case to an Employment Appeal Tribunal, Mr Page said: “I am very disappointed by this outcome but I am determined to appeal.

“This case is much bigger than me now; it is about how ordinary folk, just like me, are becoming increasingly fearful to speak out against the homosexual agenda.”

Mr Page first attracted media attention when comments he made in a closed-door meeting while serving as a magistrate during an adoption case were picked up by a national newspaper.

Accused of being “biased and prejudiced against single sex adopters”, Mr Page was sacked from the Magistracy by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, for serious misconduct.

Mr Page, who fostered children for 15 years, had…

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk arrived from Kiev on Thursday for a tour of the region to mark 60 years of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United Kingdom.

His Eminence visited a member church and community centre in Salford on Sunday morning, before attending All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bolton.

All Saints member and head of the local Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain branch, Yaroslaw Tymchyshyn told Premier the trip marks a time for local Ukrainians to celebrate.

Explaining the significance of Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk’s visit felt particularly by older Ukrainians, he said: “From them, this will be a celebration [of] the fact that they will never, ever see another head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church coming to Bolton.

“In fact, this is only going to be the second visit ever.”

The only other trip by a leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church to Bolton was made in 1970 by Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk’s predecessor Lubomyr Husar.

Mr Tymchyshyn continued: “There will be a high solemn Mass at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, where there should be 70-75 bishops and 70 priests from all over Europe.”

It is estimated 30,000 Ukrainians live currently in Great Britain, a significant number of whom belong to families who left Ukraine during the 1940s.

Mr Tymchyshyn said this weekend’s commemorations come at a time when the Ukrainian community in northern England appears to be growing.

He…

Bristol, Guildford (pictured below), Liverpool, St Paul’s and St Edmundsbury are among twelve landmarks participating in the pilot scheme, due to start later this year.

Rev David Potterton from Romsey Abbey, which is also taking part, told the Sunday Telegraph: “We hope that giving everyone, particularly people who aren’t carrying cash anymore, the opportunity to donate will increase the abbey’s visitor donations substantially.”

The announcement comes after a report by UK Finance last week concluded that charities missed out on £160 million during the past twelve months because fewer people are carrying coins and notes.

Guildford Cathedral in Surrey said its 30,000 visitors annually offer donations of £10,000 per year – an average of 30p per person.

Like most other cathedral, the landmark is free to enter but secure containers, dubbed ‘honesty boxes’, encourage guests to make a suggested donation.

Matt O’Grady from Guildford Cathedral told the Sunday Telegraph: “We definitely don’t want to impose a fee; in our case, we think that would be a barrier to people coming here.”

During the summer, contactless payment terminals were passed around with traditional collection plates at approximately 40 Church of England congregations, as part of a separate pilot scheme.

National stewardship officer at the Church of…