"Out of the three houses [affected by the explosion], no one's got any major life-threatening injuries," he said.
He, for one, was dismayed at last week’s election result.“Trump has demeaned and debased just about anybody he could, from immigrants to minorities to women to those who are disabled,” he says.
“White conservative Republican Christianity that ignores character is just hypocritical."He has long been opposed to the idea of a second Trump presidency, and he has voiced this on social media and through activism encouraging voter turnout - such as by helping other black voters to register to vote and access free rides to the polls.“I am a Matthew chapter 25 kind of Christian - where Jesus said: ‘When I was hungry you fed me, when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink.’”
PRRI’s research has looked into voting records in history, not just by religious practice and belief but also by race, and found that when it comes to political views, there has been a clear trend for decades.“Almost without exception, white Christian groups have tended to vote Republican in presidential contests,” says Dr Jones. “Non-white Christian groups, non-Christian groups and religiously unaffiliated voters have tended to vote Democrat.”
This pattern dates back to the 1960s, he adds, when the Democratic party became associated with the civil rights movement and white Christian groups began migrating to the Republican Party.
Polling ahead of the 2024 election looking at voter intention suggested that for the most part this pattern held. “From our polling, we have a Republican party that is 70% white and Christian, and a Democratic party that's only a quarter white and Christian.”Also discussed at the meeting, was the Humber and North Yorkshire Health Care Partnership’s strategy, which includes an ambition to increase healthy life expectancy in the region by five years by 2035.
A charity has unveiled plans to create a garden space for patients with spinal injuries, to help aid their recovery.Horatio's Garden are set to begin work on an outdoor area and garden room at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, for the use of those patients in the hospital's specialist department who typically need lengthy treatment.
The team hopes to develop "beautiful spaces" to help improve patients' physical and mental health as they recover.It is the charity's ninth project, with founder Dr Olivia Chapple OBE highlighting the incredible impact previous projects have had on patients' psychological recovery.