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 18 October 2024

MP behind assisted dying bill asks to meet Archbishop; Unprecedented row in Scotland as four bishops urge colleague to reconsider role; Pope meets Israeli and Palestinian elders to discuss peace plan; Government considering legal recognition of humanist weddings

Religion news 17 October 2024

Assisted dying bill starts process through the Commons; Faith spaces including churches ‘part of the tapestry’ creating health in society; Army veteran guilty of silently praying in buffer zone near abortion clinic; Bishop “deeply hopeful” CofE will remain united despite same sex dispute

Religion news 16 October 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out against assisted dying; MPs call for abolition of places for 26 CofE bishops in the Lords; Charities call for Labour to replace freedom of religion envoy; Canada criticised for expulsion of diplomats over Sikh murder

Religion news 14 October 2024

Zelensky meets the Pope to discuss release of Ukrainians held in Russia; Sikh Federation International launched in Smethwick; Swastikas and ‘Heil Hitler’ raked into Hendon golf course bunkers

Religion news 11 October 2024

Religious hate crime soars by 25 per cent; Assisted suicide “absolutely prohibited” in Islam; Cardinal: “A right to die can become a duty to die”; Catholics ashamed by clerical abuse have stopped going to mass

Religion news 10 October 2024

Failure to allow women deacons “negates the whole idea” of the synod in Rome; Bishop challenges CofE growth strategy; Muslim health care professionals in Scotland oppose assisted dying; Holocaust survivor dies aged 100

Religion news 7 October 2024

Thousands attend rallies remembering Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza that followed; English Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe appointed Cardinal; Charity Commission announces statutory inquiry into the Barnabas Fund

Religion news 4 October 2024

Bill to allow assisted dying goes before the Commons; Law Commission consultation could mean graves are re-used; Catholic synod in Rome told “no positive decision” on women deacons

Religion news 3 October 2024

Academics say Britain is entering its first ‘atheist age’; UK faith-based charities mobilise to help people in Lebanon; Synod of world Catholic leaders starts in Rome