At St Peter’s Church, in Rock Ferry, a unique international community is beginning to form.
Amidst the wafting aroma of lasagne and the clattering of pots and pans, Olya - who fled from Ukraine just weeks ago - laughs with newly-acquired friends over a home-cooked meal. To the casual observer, she looks happy - more than 1,000 miles away from the unthinkable atrocities taking place in her homeland.
But everyone here is unified by the shared agony of having to uproot their lives because of war. Everyone is united by the fact they must start again and build a new existence in the unfamiliar place they now call home.
