It might only be the second week of the campaign, but all the major parties have been making big promises both for Brexit and other issues. The two main parties, Labour and Conservative, have been competing frantically for votes with some huge spending pledges, especially in healthcare, an issue many British voters feel very passionately about.

The smaller parties will also be vital in this election. Parties who oppose Brexit, like the Liberal Democrats, Green party, and Women’s Equality Party have been forming agreements to avoid splitting the anti-Brexit vote.

Meanwhile, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, have said they will not run candidates in areas held by Conservatives, in order to avoid dividing the pro-Brexit vote. The party will run in Labour-held areas, however.

In local news, Gdansk has been named one of Poland’s top cities for young people.

Sopot also did well, coming second in the Infrastructure category thanks to its extensive parks and greenery.

A mobile help-point has returned to Gdansk for its third year to help the city’s homeless.

The Autobus SOS will be driving around the city making stops to provide warm food and assistance to those in need.

The bus will make four stops around the city every night, including Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, until the end of March next year.

And a Christian congregation in Gdansk is holding church services in English.

The church, part of the Warsaw chaplaincy of the Church of England, has brought back Anglican church services to Gdańsk after a break of nearly eighty years.

The history of the Church of England in Gdańsk goes back centuries to the chaplains who traveled to the city with English traders and merchants. But, when the Second World War broke out in 1939, the church was driven out of the city by the German authorities. Anglicans continued to work in Warsaw, but faced hostility from the post-war communist regime, which repressed all religious communities.

Now, thanks to some enthusiastic Gdanskers and the support of the chaplain in Warsaw, the Church of England is being brought back to life in Gdańsk, providing English language services to travellers and residents of the city alike.

The congregation includes both Anglicans and others needing church services in English.

The church holds a weekly service in English every Sunday at 5:30 pm at the Arkon Park Hotel in Oliwa.

It’s one of three Anglican churches in Poland, with others in Warsaw and Krakow. The community is also hoping to expand to reach more people across Poland who would like to be involved or who require pastoral services in English.

For more information go to RGEN News 14th November or search Anglican Church Gdansk.

Weather

Sunnier and drier than yesterday with temperatures reaching about 7° Celsius, 44° Fahrenheit. Fog is expected overnight and into tomorrow morning.

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