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Prenez garde! Voila le French mosquito! If you are going to France this summer, be sure to use repellent sprays. Aggressive tiger mosquitoes that can carry viruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya have already spread through half of France. Tiger mosquitoes (originally from Asia) can be identified by their distinctive black-and-white striped body and...

Diary of a Momentous Year: July 1918 – WHEN FRIENDS COME TO HELP It is called ‘World War 1’ and certainly no previous conflict had spread its ugly fingers so widely. Of course, we tend to think of the Western Front. Our default image of the War is of men in trenches, of mud and...

Read this before you take your dog to Europe British pets are at risk of catching deadly diseases from foreign ticks when they are taken to the Continent. This is the warning from vets, who are reporting increasing numbers of foreign ticks who are being brought home from holidays to Spain, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria....

Waterloo!  What’s in a Name?  To some people it’s a very famous song by Abba. To some London commuters it’s a part of their daily routine. To historians it’s a famous battle 203 years ago when the British army defeated the French at a place in Belgium. In case you are still wondering, it’s Waterloo,...

On the perils of the Ladies’ Guild annual outing… The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren And so once again we start the annual round of parish treats. While the bell-ringers prefer public houses, and the choirboys want fast food outlets, the Ladies’ Guild are centred on lavatories. The itinerary...

Remembrance100 – marking the end of World War 1 Top four myths about mission –  Myth four: Mission is for extraordinary people Christian Aid helping prepare for monsoon season Growing number of young people taking part in church placements The growth of Muslims in Europe Could you help the Conservation Foundation investigate the state of our...

Christian Aid has been working around the clock to help those who have fled Myanmar to the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to prepare for the coming cyclone and monsoon season. Flooding, landslides and cyclones are expected which will destroy many of the temporary shelters set up since the mass movement of people started when...

On Sunday, 4th August 1918 King George V and Queen Mary joined members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords for a special service at the Church of Saint Margaret, Westminster. The King had asked that 4th August 1918, the fourth anniversary of the declaration of war, should be observed as a...

Myth four: Mission is for extraordinary people By Naomi Rose Steinberg, Church Mission Society During summer 2017, Church Mission Society asked over 2,000 Christians a question: “Who should be involved in mission?” There were four answer choices: 1) my church, 2) very spiritual people, 3) professionals or 4) everyone. A whopping 91 per cent of...

A scheme offering young people experience of ministry in Church of England parishes is attracting an increasing number of participants, according to new figures released today. The Ministry Experience Scheme, which offers year-long placements in churches across the country for young adults aged between 18 and 30 years old, is on course to have attracted...

A detailed research report by the American Pew Research Centre was published in November 2017.   It stated that the Muslim population of Europe had risen from 19.5 million in 2010 to just under 26 million by 2016, especially driven by the mass immigration of 2014-2016, of which it reckoned 53% were Muslim. Between mid-2010 and...