Husband, father, grandfather, priest, educator, occasional writer, still hill-walking. Saints and Holy Places of Yorkshire https://xitter.cf/t.co/iKHkrjIpGf
Durham, England
Joined June 2014
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JOB ALERT!
@stnicsdurham is seeking a Vicar.
More / apply👉 bit.ly/3ZjPXZq
#ClergyVacancy #ClercyJobs #NEJobs #Durham #ChristianJobs #ChurchJobs
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
I popped into my local @Tesco Express earlier on today, mainly because I couldn’t be bothered to hike it down to the big superstore like I normally do.
I did my shopping & got to the checkout, where a lady was in front of me, packing her items. I unpacked my basket & waited. 1/n
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
Please do remember, whatever happens tonight. Whoever resigns. Remember what they DID NOT resign for.
We will remember.
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Friends in Durham - come and hear what @DurhamCouncil is doing on climate (and offer insight into what is missing...!)
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🧵 Summary of the transparency issue that is affecting women in the @churchofengland:
1 In the 8 years since women were finally ‘allowed’ to be bishops, a problem has developed in the church.
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The 🇬🇧 changed PM
👉🏻four times in the war in Afghanistan
👉🏻in the Iraq War
👉🏻in the Gulf War
👉🏻in the Korean War
👉🏻in the Second World War
👉🏻in the First World War
👉🏻in the Second Boer War
👉🏻in the Second Opium War
👉🏻in the Crimean War
👉🏻twice in the Peninsular War
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
My investigation into the name origins of my Yorkshire town, false 'medieval' name etymologies and how they can actually be harmful! 🧵
So everyone in my town of Goole, East Yorkshire is told that the name comes from a medieval word meaning 'open sewer' 1/
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
Tonight we are pausing our series on 1 Corinthians to hold a prayer service for Ukraine. Please do join us at 6.30pm.
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Want to work at a vibrant church in the heart of Durham? We are seeking a faithful, enthusiastic & motivated Student and International Worker with a passion & dedication to seeing students grow in discipleship & service. Find out more at stnics.org.uk/jobs
Apps close 25/2/22
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
What happened to Keir Starmer tonight outside parliament is appalling. It is really important for our democracy & for his security that the false Savile slurs made against him are withdrawn in full.
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BREAKING @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel & @BorisJohnson have been rebuked by UK Statistics Authority chair Sir David Norgrove for misleading use of crime figures after claiming offences had fallen when in fact they increased.
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
Keir Starmer had nothing to do with the failure to prosecute Jimmy Savile.
But since they raised it; Savile got an OBE in 1972 under a Tory govt and a knighthood in 1990 from Thatcher.
All of this should be irrelevant to current scandals, but Johnson has lied and facts do matter.
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
Our politics may differ but @Keir_Starmer is absolutely right
False & baseless smears re Jimmy Saville against Keir cannot be defended.
PM should withdraw his comments.
Parliament cannot become a place to peddle tropes, conspiracy theories &falsehoods -this damages our democracy
"A ridiculous slur peddled by right wing trolls" 😳
A furious @Keir_Starmer slams the Prime Minister for referencing Jimmy Saville and sinking parliament "into the gutter" 👀
#KayBurley FM
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This was Rees-Mogg's reaction to Johnson's Savile smear against Starmer in the Commons yesterday, a moment when the mask of dignified, patrician gravitas slipped to reveal the 10 year old private schoolboy.
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This is unbelievable
NEW: PM's spokesman on Jimmy Savile row: "The prime minister stands by what he said in the House."
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/b…
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Reference to Jimmy Savile by Boris Johnson was a disgrace to Parliament & office of Prime Minister
ITS NOT TRUE
I was there
Keir Starmer had nothing to do with the decisions taken
On the contrary, He supported me in bringing 100s of child sex abusers to justice
#SueGrayReport
Gavin Wakefield retweeted
I'm a cancer doctor in the NHS @sajidjavid .
We've been giving Atezo for years. Not sure what you're on about. – at Harrow, London
TREATMENT BREAKTHROUGH
Today we have approved atezolizumab - a ground-breaking new drug for lung cancer.
This will be life-changing for hundreds of people and marks a significant development in our war on cancer.
england.nhs.uk/2022/01/lung-…
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This is the most convincing explanation I’ve seen yet for why the Met want “minimal reference” to the parties they’re investigating in Sue Gray’s report. thesecretbarrister.com/2022/…
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How a North East church is helping people suffering with financial hardship thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1…