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"So it remains shocking, the wealth of these churches around us and the poverty of the people sleeping on their doorsteps."

"It's shocking that not a single water executive faced a fine, let alone a prison sentence, despite widespread law-breaking," he told the BBC's Today programme.

Which is why this weekend’s shocking act of vandalism that took out six of the city’s mature trees felt all the more disheartening.

He once used an unexpectedly shocking simile to denounce what he termed "hypocritical clericalism".

A new student named Henry Creel arrives, as does a wave of shocking crimes around town.