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 12 August 2025

Al Jazeera journalist’s final message centred on Allah; Call for British Jews to acknolwedge divisions over Gaza and debate with respect; Fire damages Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba; Cellist ends pilgrimage on a bicycle to all 42 English Anglican cathedrals; Japanese Moonies’ member locked in his flat for 12 years for de-programming

Religion news 11 August 2025

Tensions spilling over in British Jewish community over Gaza; Civil Society Covenant backlash; Midnight snooping exposed as curate cleared of affair; Thousands watch vibrant Hindu festival in Ealing

Religion news 8 August 2025

Badenoch lost her faith after the Josef Fritzl case; Summer camps for traumatised children from the West Bank and Gaza; World faith leaders call for nuclear abolition 80 years after Nagasaki; Christianity underpins Lammy–JD Vance friendship

Religion news 7 August 2025

Pope says nuclear arms offend shared humanity; Gordon Brown wants gambling tax rise to lift children out of poverty; Cornwall plan to replace six clergy with two, across 23 churches; Call for Muslims to unite and lead development of AI

Religion news 6 August 2025

Former bishop says Danny Kruger’s ‘trumpeting’ of Christianity is counter productive; Muslim YouTuber loses defamation claim against journalist Douglas Murray; Protest to demand UK witholds recognition of Palestine until hostages are released; New Vatican Observatory director prioritises AI and climate change

Religion news 5 August 2025

US Episcopalian missioner’s daughter detained in custody while renewing her visa; Sea of Faith Network explores new approach to RE; Charity Commission statutory inquiry into the Abdullah Quilliam Society

Religion news 4 August 2025

Pope tells young people they are a sign ‘a different world is possible’; Wing and prayer – restored aircraft lands in cathedral nave; Board of Deputies president says civilians should not be punished for crimes of Hamas

Religion news 1 August 2025

Spurgeon’s College closes down with immediate effect; Holy See – two-state solution only viable path; Methodist leaders – recognise Palestine State without delay; Man, 76, arrested after children fall ill at Christian camp; St John Henry Newman set to become newest Doctor of the Church; Muhammad and Olivia top baby names for 2024

Religion news 31 July 2025

Cherry Vann becomes the new Archbishop of Wales; CofE bishops call on UK to recognise Palestine State unconditionally; Fewer Christian majority countries in 2020; Report benchmarks facts about British mosques