Keeping it short
At last year's auction of promises, Canon Adrian Botwright offered to reduce a 60-minute sermon by one minute for each £1 bid, with a lower limit of two minutes. Using a four-line verse format, the rector gave a complete account of the Christian story, from before the Creation to after the End, finishing on the stroke of the 120th second.
Applauded from the pulpit, Canon Botwright said it "took a full four hours to write. The trouble is, now the congregation knows a sermon need only be two minutes."
Craven Herald and Pioneer (John Buckman)
Going to great lengths
Last week's article on toddler Jacob Richards, who swam ten metres despite being just two years and five months old, contained two errors. He completed his swim at the Shrubberies School with Aquatots and not at Stratford Park Leisure Centre. We also erroneously stated that his mother Julia and her partner Steve are married when in fact they are not.
Stroud News and Journal (Annabel Caddle)
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