Police officers stop evangelical church from holding baptism service attended by 30 worshippers

Police officers stop evangelical church from holding baptism service attended by 30 worshippers for breaching lockdown restrictions Worshippers gathered at The Angel Church in Clerkenwell, London, on Sunday  Lead pastor Regan King, 28, said he wanted to hold baptism for ‘greater good’  Two police vans and police car parked outside church’s Mount Zion Hall building  … Read more

Priest accused of injuring a baby when he repeatedly dunked it underwater during baptism in Cyprus 

Priest violently plunges crying baby into water in front of his horrified mother during wild baptism in Cyprus Ntina Shitta was getting her baby baptised at a ceremony in Cyprus on Saturday A priest lifted the crying baby above his head and forcefully dunked it in the font The mother said the baby was left … Read more

Boris Johnson and fiancée Carrie Symonds held top-secret ‘Covid-secure’ baptism for son Wilfred

Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds held a top-secret baptism for their son on Saturday, it has been revealed. Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson’s baptism was witnessed by only a few family and friends at the weekend, just days before new lockdown restrictions on social gatherings came into force. There was no reception after the … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: A baptism of fire for Britain’s financial big guns

How sobering to reflect that, as we enter one of the worst financial disasters this country has ever known, the two men in charge of saving the economy have been in their jobs for less than two months between them.  Rishi Sunak stepped over the threshold of Number 11 in the middle of February. Andrew … Read more

Bailey faces a baptism of fire at the Bank as the global economy teeters on the brink of recession

Bailey faces a baptism of fire at the Bank as the global economy teeters on the brink of recession Adrew Bailey starts work as Governor of the Bank of England today Bailey joined forces with Carney last week to announce a cut in interest rates  They unveiled plans to free up £290billion for lenders to loan … Read more