Police have arrested a man who barricaded himself inside St Martin’s Church in Overstrand, Norfolk, resulting in a 25-hour standoff. The incident concluded when officers entered the medieval church...
Kristie Higgs, a 47-year-old school worker, will have her case heard by senior judges at the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday 2nd October, following her dismissal from Farmor's School in Fairf...
A faith-based social action charity in Cornwall says a lack of carpet in social housing is leading to an increased use of foodbanks. Transformation Cornwall, with the support of the Trussell Trust, ha...
A Labour MP has told Premier Christian News that cutting the winter fuel payment to a means-tested policy is a “rushed” decision. Speaking on the final day of the party conference in Liverpool, L...
A Christian Labour peer has told Premier Christian Radio that backlash against the Prime Minister for accepting gifts from party donors is nothing more than “a storm in a teacup”. Rev Dr Leslie Gr...
A new initiative has been launched to improve religious literacy across the public sector. The ReLIT standard, developed by the Religion and Belief Literacy Partnership, aims to help public sector org...
Advocacy group Christian Concern is calling on the Health Secretary to intervene in the case of five nurses in Darlington who are taking an NHS Trust to court over being forced to share a changing roo...
Rt Rev Debbie Sellin led a service to bless the development of St Andrew's, Kettering. The church has undergone a £300,000 refurbishment project to revamp the building into a multifunctional arts...
Bethel Community Church, also known as The House, has officially announced the grand re-opening of its historic building following a full restoration after a catastrophic fire in 2018. The event, set ...
Television personality Ant Middleton has told the Reform UK party conference that Britain is “built on the values of Christianity.” After being introduced by a former fellow TV personality David B...
Four senior Church of England bishops have written an open letter condemning Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Rt Rev Rachel Treweek, bishop of Gloucester, Rt Rev Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, bishop of...
The Church of England is being criticised for advertising for a racial justice role at double the average stipend of a vicar. The position of ‘Head of Racial Justice Priority’ in the Diocese of Lo...
The Church in Wales is investing nearly £10m in four major projects to promote growth in church attendance across the country. Projects in north east Wales, Swansea and Monmouthshire will be ...
The results of a consultation by the Scottish Parliament on an assisted suicide Bill show members of the public remain deeply divided on the issue. The Bill, which was introduced by the Liberal Democ...
A relic of Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who is likely to become “the first millennial saint”, is being held this weekend at a church in Manchester. Thousands of pilgrims are expected to at...
St Mary’s Church in Swansea city centre is to become the first minster church in Wales next year, as part of a multi-million-pound transformation. The Church in Wales has announced that St Mary’...
The Bishop of Newcastle has spoken of a "deep sense of loss" after a body, believed to be that of a missing hospital chaplain was found. Northumbria Police said formal identification of the body had ...
The Church of England has allocated more than £20 million so far to dioceses to help support parishes and schools reduce their carbon emissions. However its ambitious aim of achieving net zero carb...
Police in Northumbria are looking for a hospital chaplain who hasn't been seen since Thursday afternoon. Rev Katherine Watson, who works as head of chaplaincy at a Newcastle NHS trust, was last...
A man has been arrested after three churches in Devon were broken into and burgled. A break-in was reported at St Andrew's Church, Ashburton, in the middle of the night on Tuesday, 27th August. Po...