Census and religion: churches lose their appeal in struggling Welsh valleys

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Respondents in England and Wales with no religion up 10% on 2001, with Blaenau Gwent second only to Norwich on list Built in Victorian times to encourage steelworkers and miners to remain on the straight and narrow, Christ Church in Ebbw Vale would comfortably seat 400 worshippers. But on most Sunday mornings a century and a half on, no more than 20 or 30 people file in. "Church is only about ...

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