She was best known for playing Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama Tenko.

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Research suggested resurgence in Christianity, especially among young people, but some respondents found to be ‘fraudulent’ A YouGov survey showing a significant rise in church attendance in parts of the UK has been withdrawn after some respondents were found to be fraudulent. The poll was central to a Quiet Revival report, published by the Bible Society last year, which prompted news stories about an apparent resurgence in Christianity, particularly among young people. Continue reading...

Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisation Successive governments have turned the UK from a manufacturing economy to one where the basics of life have been privatised and are rented back to people at a crushing cost, Zack Polanski will say. In a speech billed as the Green leader’s biggest policy intervention since he took over as leader six months ago, Polanski will argue that decades of gradual economic rebalancing in favour of a minority who own assets has left much of the country vulnerable to economic shocks such as the current rise in fuel prices. Continue reading...

The bassist, who has died aged 86, was an extraordinary and wildly versatile presence in British music, bringing his personality into everything he played

Transgender people have always been a central part of the LGBTQ+ movement, and we cannot allow them to be written out of history. (39853 signatures on petition)

We call on the Government to stop the shooting of hares during their peak breeding season, by establishing a legally enforceable close season for hares in England and Wales, from 1st February to 30th…

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Writing for HuffPost UK, Carla Denyer said the PM's latest announcement is an insult.

Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock