This article (which you can read if you register for free @The_Tablet is so important for me. We HAVE to love our neighbour as ourselves, as Jesus said - being compassionate & treating others with respect is absolutely essential for our humanity, it is a truth & protects us all.

Gaudí - ‘God’s architect’ - had at times a difficult relationship with the institutional Church. Not unusual for saints, mind. Peter Stanford in @The_Tablet thetablet.co.uk/features/lif…

In this week’s @The_Tablet newsletter Leo reigns in Spain @LizDodd isn’t afraid of AI; John Berkman knows why Miss Anscombe (below) changed course; Mark Lawson seeks Atonement; Isabella Tree goes wild; Nicholas Boyle fixes Britain’s identity crisis; Patrick Hudson’s View from Rome; Thomas Banchoff spots the Pope is calling for a transformation of global governance; Xavier Neil O’Donoghue wonders if while he’s at it he might be able to bring peace to the liturgy wars @joannaMoorhead meets the curator who put graffiti into Canterbury cathedral @AlexaCoghlan is thrilled by James MacMillan’s Angels Unawares @djtaylorwriter listens to the wireless; Nikolai Duffy sifts the best recent poetry @theosnick rounds up US history essentials; Lindsay Duguid enjoys Ruth Ozeki a fish recipe from Rose Prince @JonathanTulloch’s nature notes Ian Thomson, Morag MacInnes news letters books arts puzzles a poem for St Anthony of Padua’s feast day by @KathrynSimmonds email.digitalvirtue.net/t/r-…

After years of training, NHS doctors are being told there are no jobs for them & being dismissed as “juvenile delinquents” by @wesstreeting. This is not just a system under pressure; it’s a system failing its own workforce. This year, 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 NHS training posts. These posts are required for doctors to progress through their careers to become Consultants and GPs; and the NHS needs doctors at every stage to keep services running safely and sustainably. But the Government has *capped the number of training jobs*. The contributing effect on patients is already clear: - long waiting lists - delays in A&E - weeks to see a GP - months to access hospital specialists. And all while thousands of doctors who want to work are unable to secure the training roles required to continue their careers within the NHS. This is the part the public rarely hears: you can fix waiting lists; but you need to allow doctors to progress through the system, rather than blocking them at the very points where the NHS needs them most. Instead, a Labour Health Secretary has chosen to insult doctors rather than address the workforce planning crisis at the heart of these delays. This is one of the reasons why resident doctors are taking further industrial action. Because how can the NHS deliver world class care while limiting the number of doctors able to move through training and contribute fully to patient care? Patients need doctors. Doctors need fair access to the training posts that allow them to keep delivering care. The current situation is the result of political choices and longstanding failures in workforce planning; and it must be addressed.

About time someone with some influence said it

Beautiful boy Leo is looking for a cosy home in time for Christmas as sadly his owner has passed away. Leo is very affectionate and a people cat. He loves a pet and gets on well with children. A home with no dogs please. He has lived with another cat. Leo is 6 years old. He is neutered and is both in door and outdoor cat. He likes to go outside but doesn’t usually venture far. Leo eats dry and wet food and enjoys treats too. He will sleep on the bed, sofa, a cat tree and blanket, so anywhere that is warm and comfortable. Leo would suit someone who is on their own or a family. For more information or to offer this lovely lad a forever home please email info@help2rehome.com

I would like us to remember the Lord’s words: “Truly, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Mt 25:40). It is truly so! If we concretely love those who are hungry and thirsty, those without clothing, those who are sick, strangers, or prisoners, then we are loving the Lord.

Mabel is home❤️🐾 Her family are “over the moon” after their beloved spaniel was found alive after being dumped more than a hundred miles away - however her puppies remain missing😔 At 5 weeks old they desperately need their mum 😭😭

Police have located Mabel, the King Charles Spaniel who was reported as being stolen in Coney West, in Kent after she had been dropped over a fence. The four puppies’ location is still unknown, and anyone with any information is asked to contact Suffolk Police: 37/68284/25.

Work with the Royal Society showed how wrong judges can be when interpreting forensic evidence. Juries make counsel work harder to explain and clarify. These “reforms” terrify me

I cannot believe we are in the crazy situation where patients can't see a GP because there aren't enough doctors... But there are UNEMPLOYED GPs sitting at home because GP surgeries aren't given enough funding to hire them! Somebody make it make sense!!!

Gill is going down for 10.5 years but the bigger picture is that UK is still at risk. @CarolineLucas has been fighting for an inquiry into Russian interference with @allthecitizens since 2020. Why on earth would the govt deny an inquiry now?? What possible reason does it have?

bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqdp… or you can say we’re doing our job scrutinising it.

Campaigners for assisted suicide are fond of telling us it has "massive public support" I disagree & in my experience as an opponent of assisted suicide, the more people learn about the subject, the less they support it Have a look at my BBC documentary: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…

I was told my 1 week bereavement leave had to be unpaid while I came back to resume my on call duties. Do you have to take a pay cut when your family member passes away too @wesstreeting ?? While dealing with life and death everyday??Highly doubt it.

I’ve been doing some sorting out and realised my collection of pretty letter stickers was bigger than I thought. And then I had an idea for a slightly funky Christmas card.

Hugh O'Flaherty, an Irish Catholic priest, saved approximately 6,000 Allied soldiers and Jews in Nazi-occupied Rome during World War II. Operating from the safety of the Vatican, he masterminded a vast underground network of safe houses, farms, and convents to shelter those in peril. Despite relentless Nazi attempts, they never succeeded in capturing him.

Some tenants can now force landlords to make their home liveable. What about the thousands who can’t? | Kwajo Tweneboa theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Awaabs Law HAS to be extended to the millions of renters in the private sector but also temporary accommodation, where I’ve seen first hand, so many vulnerable families continue to suffer, living in slum accommodation.