Welby: Let light shine after darkness of 2017

THE Archbishop of Canterbury will today urge Britain to “turn to the light” in the wake of 2017’s terrorist atrocities and Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Justin Welby will refer to the Borough Market attack, Manchester bombing and flats inferno in his BBC1 New Year message and say: “When things feel unrelentingly difficult, there are often questions which hang in the air. Is there any light at all? Does anyone care?”

The Church of England’s most senior figure hails the emergency crews and volunteers as an example of light, saying: “We see it in the faces of the

MESSAGE Most Rev Justin Welby hundreds of volunteers who turned out after Grenfell. We see it in the heroism of the ambulance crews, police, fire service and security forces. I will never forget the image of unarmed police sprinting towards Borough Market as so many were running in the opposite direction.”