Tottenham riot area to have a new church

by Ed Thornton

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 @ 12:33

THE diocese of London is planning to establish a church in a new development in Tottenham, where last summer's riots broke out (News, 12 August 2011).

The Bishop of Edmonton, the Rt Revd Peter Wheatley, intends to establish a Bishop's Mission Order under which the church will operate in Hale Village, a new regeneration development. It is situated on a former industrial site, opposite the Ferry Lane Estate, where Mark Duggan was shot by police last year. A ...

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