According to a new report by the Prisons and Probation inspectorates, facilities are failing to prepare children to live safely when they’re released.

Most young offenders have no training, education or employment arranged and mental health support is often “lacking”.

It has also claimed that in many cases suitable housing is not in place.

Caring for Ex-Offenders is initiative by London church Holy Trinity Brompton that helps former inmates reintegrate into society.

Speaking to Premier, Caring for executive director, Paul Cowley said prisons are already taking positive steps to provide better support, but funding needs to increase.

He said: “They have hired over 4,000 new prison officers, but that will take a while to get into the system, more education. And basically, it sounds like the same old thing is needed – more money for our prison system.”

Cowley thinks the UK prison system needs to be re-considered: “We have to rethink how we run prisons, when we look around the world at the way prisons are run, especially the Scandinavian countries, how they treat people in prison, it’s very different to the way we treat them. Ours is a little bit archaic still.”

There are also concerns that a lack of adequate support will contribute to re-offending rates.

According to statistics for April 2016 to March 2017, some 70 per cent of children re-offended after release when…

The two week protest planned for 7th October, will involve a ‘faith bridge’ – where 24/7 prayer would be taking place together with non-violent direct action in central London.

Information released on Thursday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the world body for assessing the state of climate change, highlighted the potential dangers of the climate crisis to human life, if more was not done to stem its effects.

The study claims that 70-percent of the world’s ice-free land is affected by human activity.

While our food system alone creates a third of greenhouse gas emissions, the IPCC has warned that we need to improve the way forests are managed and food is grown to reduce pressure on land and resources.

CCA, the Christian wing of Extinction Rebellion is calling for immediate action to protect future generations.

CCA member Holly-Anna Petersen said: “Every report which comes out from the IPCC paints an increasingly bleak picture of the state of the world around us.

“Young people are pleading for us to act, because it is their futures which are at stake.

“A justice issue is already happening across our very dinner tables. Every minute that we do not take action, is a minute that we put our own desires above the needs of children.”

The United Nations’ latest study follows a warning last year, that “unprecedented” action must be taken to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2050.

Reverend Canon Andy Bryant, of Norwich Cathedral, said the idea came to him when he was visiting the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

“I had the slightly risky thought of ‘I know this is amazing, but actually the ceiling at Norwich Cathedral is every bit as wonderful’,” he said.

“We have one of the greatest collections of medieval roof bosses anywhere in northern Europe.

“The trouble is they are so high up that most people never get a chance to really appreciate them.

“And so was born the idea, could we get people up higher to these roof bosses and so appreciate that they are exquisite art as they are the most beautiful pieces of stone carving but also the story that’s captured within them which is the story of the Bible.”

The funfair ride has a viewing platform at 40ft, allowing riders nearer to the cathedral’s 69ft-high roof.

Roof bosses are seen at points where the ribs of the cathedral roof join.

They date back to the mid 15th century when a new roof was built following a fire.

Rev Bryant said there was a “serious intent” behind the project, called Seeing It Differently, and he hoped it would attract more visitors.

“We all are always looking to broaden the appeal of our cathedrals because some people can feel that cathedrals are slightly exclusive, they’re for a particular type of person,” said Rev Bryant.

“We want…