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...
The Church of England's House of Bishops has backed proposals to simplify the process for nominating future diocesan bishops, aiming to improve efficiency and representation. These changes will no...
The Bishop of Bristol, the Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, has refused to grant Permission to Officiate (PTO) to a retired priest, facing trial for criminal damage during a climate protest. PTO is the authori...
The UK government has announced that "buffer zones" will come into effect outside abortion clinics across England and Wales from 31st October. However, silent prayer has not been specifically listed a...
British army veteran Adam Smith-Connor is facing trial this week for silently praying within a legally designated 'buffer zone' near an abortion clinic. These zones are intended to prevent be...
Tributes have poured in for Christian author and comedian Steve Legg, who has passed away at the age of 57. His wife Bekah shared the heartbreaking news in a moving Facebook post, expressing her grat...
Over £7.7million has been paid out to victims of abuse within the Jesus Army (JA) - a now-defunct religious cult, following the Redress Scheme’s final report, which highlights “widespread and sys...
Elizabeth Jewkes, director of the Liberal Democrats Christian Forum has told Premier Christian Radio that she does not “recognise” the description of her party suggested by former Archbishop of Ca...
Approximately one in six schools is failing to teach Religious Education to year 11, in a breach of law. A report by the National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE) drew up the findings with data f...
A vicar associated with a breakaway Anglican denomination, the Free Church of England (FCE), has been sacked following controversial comments made on his YouTube channel. Rev Brett Murphy, known for ...
The Liberal Democrat conference is underway in Brighton, as a row over whether it is “impossible” for Christians to represent the party remians unanswered. The party have championed social care ...
The Jericho Society has marked 50 years of supporting people facing homelessness and addiction in Scotland. The milestone event took place at Jericho’s women's house on Shankland Road, where fou...
The bells of St Wendreda’s church have not rung for almost two years after a piece of metal fell to the spire floor in 2023. Now, its vicar fears that the church, famous for its ‘heavenly host’...
Mark Calder, director of Policy and Advocacy at Christian charity World Vision, is embarking on a 24-hour run in Carlisle, in aid of Afghanistan. He told Premier he felt moved to “do something” a...
The Church of the Good Shepherd is a brutalist church nestled in Batheaston, Somerset. Constructed in 1967, the building has been unoccupied since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and could be re...
The Bishop of Leeds has said a city in war-torn Sudan felt safer than London. Whilst speaking on Sudan in the House of Lords, the Rt Rev Nick Baines said: “Failure to address the catastrophe [in Su...
