Guidelines have been published on how local Remembrance Sunday activities can take place, ahead of tough new coronavirus restrictions for England. Only limited communal singing is permitted, events sh...
The UK’s chief scientific adviser has admitted to the Science and Technology committee that scientists working on the pandemic “haven’t got good evidence” to justify imposing the new lockdown ...
A 400-year-old crucifix belonging to a priest who was suspected of being involved in the Gunpowder Plot has gone on display in a convent. Father Edward Oldcorne was friends with Guy Fawkes and went in...
Forcing elderly veterans to stand outside on Remembrance Sunday because of a lockdown ban on communal church worship has been branded "imbecilic". Peers at Westminster highlighted steps already taken ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has joined a host of other faith leaders in calling for the government to permit public worship during the upcoming lockdown in England. The group letter, w...
Candles have been lit at York Minster as part of a Day to Remember, marking those who have died during 2020. Families were welcomed into the cathedral on Monday - All Souls' Day - to pray and to l...
A former magistrate will today have his discrimination case heard by the second-highest court in England. Richard Page has been embroiled in a five-year-long legal battle after allegedly being removed...
Royal Mail is celebrating Christmas with a series of six special stamps telling the story of the Nativity through stained-glass windows. Scenes from windows in six churches across the country, coverin...
A group of church leaders has said it will sue the government over its decision to close churches in the new lockdown set to begin on Thursday. Seventy-one church leaders have signed the pre-action ...
A national day of prayer should be held to comfort people during the pandemic, MPs have suggested. DUP MPs Jim Shannon (Strangford) and Ian Paisley (North Antrim) called on the Prime Minister to "init...
Four men have pleaded guilty to drug offences after dealing cocaine from a property owned by the Church of England. The group was arrested in Ide, near Exeter, Devon, back in May after police dis...
The family of two British teenagers who died in a parasailing accident while on holiday in Greece have paid tribute to their “beautiful” and “talented” children. Cousins Jessica Hayes, 15, and...
Just over half of UK adults feel it's "even more important" for them to send Christmas gifts to loved ones this year because many don't expect to visit their families due to the pandemic. Th...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has urged Church of England clergy to embrace the spiritual practice of prayer as England heads into a second national lockdown. In a joint letter, Welby, al...
England’s Catholic Church has strongly criticised the Government for banning communal worship in the country’s new lockdown, saying such gatherings have been a great help to the nation’s wellbei...
There will be no church services for just under a month, starting from Thursday 5th November and due to end Wednesday 2nd December. The Prime Minister did not mention Places of Worship in his Downin...
A fifth person has been charged with the murder of a man outside a church. Lewis Peake, 21, of James Street in Little Lever, Bolton, was charged with joint enterprise murder and conspiracy to rob foll...
New figures show a drop in the number of people sleeping rough. Outreach teams recorded 3,444 rough sleepers in Greater London between July and September 2020. This was a 14 per cent drop on the same ...
Christians on the Left has said it stands with the Jewish community and supports Sir Kier Starmer's response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) report into the party. On Th...
Christian leaders have written to the Welsh Government seeking guarantees that churches will not be forced to close again should further lockdowns be introduced in Wales. Churches are banned from host...
