Prayers for Parliament and the Nation: Friday, 17 August 2018

" I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. "

- 1 Timothy 2:1-4

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  • The BBC has said it will not challenge a High Court judge's ruling after it lost a legal battle with Sir Cliff Richard over its coverage of a police raid on his home in August 2014. In a statement on Wednesday, the corporation announced it would no longer be pursuing an appeal against the judgment.

  • Rules around e-cigarettes should be relaxed so they can be more widely used and accepted in society, says a report by a committee of MPs. The report also calls on the government to consider their use in public places.

  • A doctor to the Queen has been killed at a central London accident black spot while cycling to work. Dr Peter Fisher, 67, was one of three official physicians to the Queen. He was crushed by a lorry on Wednesday morning in High Holborn.

  • Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, Britain’s biggest union, has accused the Jewish community of “intransigent hostility” towards the Labour party and claimed the party’s anti-Semitism problem had been “wildly exaggerated.”

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