Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion news 7 November 2025

Interfaith week launched at St Martin in the Fields; Interfaith Declaration for a ‘just, inclusive, compassionate’ Glasgow; National Hindu NHS Network set up in Britain; Bake Off winner says Christian faith strengthened through the contest

Religion news 6 November 2025

RE in the national curriculum recognises its ‘critical value in the modern world’; US Muslim reaction to election of Zohran Mamdani; Catholic bishop urges Lords to reject decriminalisation of abortion up to birth 

Religion news 5 November 2025

Role of SACREs key to proposed changes to Religious Education; Lord Khan says urgent need to define Islamophobia; CofE group accepts recommendations from Makin review into abuser John Smyth

Religion news 4 November 2025

Trump threatens military action against Nigeria over Christian persecution; Work to begin on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer; Heaton Park rabbi guarded after death threat; Hyphen Online holds first conference in London today

Religion news 3 November 2025

Prayers in Huntingdon for the ‘healing of our town’; Saint John Henry Newman declared a Doctor of the Church, a rare honour; Forty MPS call on government to adopt definition of Islamophobia

Religion news 31 October 2025

Keir Starmer: ‘a national moral duty’ to fight against antisemitism; Faith groups urged to improve safeguarding referrals; End of RE bursary scheme will ‘profoundly affect’ young people; Europe’s largest Halloween festival in Northern Ireland

Religion news 30 October 2025

King and Queen visit Neasden Temple to mark 30th anniversary; Helpline service launched to support victims of anti-Muslim hate; Aid agencies launch appeals as hurricane Melissa strikes the Caribbean; Silicon Valley technology to ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return

Religion news 29 October 2025

Jewish leaders call for national strategy to combat antisemitism; CofE attendance up, but still not back to pre-Covid levels; Graffiti attack on Scotland’s largest mosque under investigation

Religion news 28 October 2025

King heckled outside Lichfield Cathedral; Sarah Mullaly must make natural world ‘defining mission’; Number Ten ‘concerned’ over Tower Hamlets protest chant ‘Zionist scum, off our streets’; Community tension over sale of Hindu temple in Peterborough; World’s largest Orthodox church opens in Bucharest

Religion news 27 October 2025

National celebration marks 60 years of inter-religious dialogue; Witchcraft surges on Etsy as people seek life-changing spells; Muslim candidate for New York mayor: ‘Islamophobia is endemic in the US’; Campaign to allow Sikh Jhatka method of slaughtering animals