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The Bishop of Derby, Dr Alastair Redfern, has received a thank you letter on behalf of the Diocese from Her Majesty the Queen for their good wishes in her Jubilee year, he said: “I was honoured to receive a letter from HM The Queen addressed to ‘The People of the Diocese of Derby’ for our participation in the Big Jubilee Thank You.”... David Burrowes MP will be among the Speakers at the Fellowship of European Broadcasters Conference, at the Hilton Hotel Stansted, UK from 21-24 November 2013 – a UK MP since 2005 and currently also Chairman of the Conservative Christian Fellowship... Nurse Shirley Chaplin is calling on David Cameron to follow up his pledge to change the law to protect the ‘wearing of the cross’ following the European Court of Human Rights ruling against her... The Prime Minister tweeted in response to the ECHR ruling on crosses: “Delighted that principle of wearing religious symbols at work has been upheld – people shouldn’t suffer discrimination due to religious beliefs.”... Elizabeth Henry has joined Mission and Public Affairs (MPA) as National Adviser for the Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns (CMEAC) with a vision to engage with race awareness issues in society at large – following CMEAC’s 25th anniversary in 2012, Elizabeth will also build on the Committee’s past achievements to ensure the structures of the Church of England can better represent and serve its parishes…