A Council has held a hearing to review a decision that saw a Christian couple banned from adopting their foster children. The couple, who haven't been named, were told by social services their commen...
Social services bosses at a London council have rejected criticism following an internal inquiry into the case of a five-year-old girl which made headlines afte The girl's mother had said her family ...
Councillors are to vote on whether to create a buffer zone outside a west London abortion clinic to prevent patients from being subjected to "intimidation" by C More than 3,500 responses were submitt...
Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire has voted to sell its Beeston Town Hall to Cornerstone Church in Nottingham. The decision follows months of protests by community group Beeston Civic ...
A Conservative councillor and former planning chief has admitted ripping out a historic priest hole from her Grade II-listed home in East Sussex. Barby Dashwood-Morris failed to secure proper plannin...
A councillor in Oxfordshire has called a job advert for a priest which says the church will only accept a man, "misogynistic". Susanna Pressel, a Labour city councillor for West Oxford said, "I...
Franklin Graham has been warned by councillors that his event planned for Blackpool this autumn will be cancelled if it is found to incite hatred. Blackpool Council reiterated its stance on the organ...
Many councils are not using faith-based organisations to provide vital services because they fear the cash will be used to evangelise, it's claimed. Local authorities also worry that Christian groups...
A report has found that between 1000-1500 Orthodox Jewish boys in Hackney are being educated in unregistered schools but that local authorities can do little ab Hackney Council's Children and Young P...
The Children's Society has accused local housing authorities in England of "turning away" over 6,000 teenagers each year, without properly assessing their situa Their report, called 'Getting the hous...
Clergy in Wales are to be offered a new counselling service from today. The new service is provided by the charity Living Room Cardiff and will offer support on everything from money worries to addic...
A Christian group wants all schools to have counsellors in order to improve pupils' experience in the classroom. It was commenting after a new report showed that school children in England are among ...
A pastor in County Down says threats of "extreme violence" have been made against his church over the screening of a Christian film about leaving homosexual lif Rodney Stout said offensive material a...
A town mayor in County Durham has resigned after he prompted "a torrent of abuse online" for voicing "Biblical views". Richard Smith said it was with "deep and profound sadness" that he was stepping ...
A Northern Ireland priest has warned a couple that their support for abortion could lead to him not marrying them in a Catholic church. The couple - who have not been named, revealed on BBC Radio Uls...
A couple in Wiltshire have found an ancient chapel under their garden, dating back hundreds of years. Mary and Mike Hudd cut down a tree blocking sunlight to their cottage in Bincknoll, and found a N...
A couple, who tried to blackmail a married church-goer after they lured him to the woman's home and coaxed him into having sex, while being secretly filmed, hav Dougal Gunter threatened the man, in h...
A couple from Scotland have donated money to a church after someone stole cash from it. Stephen and Jayne Pagan said they were shocked and appalled that someone had broken into a donations box at Dor...
Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz and 75 years of peace building and reconciliation in the city. The Dean of Coventry Cathedral, John Witcombe told Premier what happened back in...
Canon Jeremy Pemberton, who claimed he was discriminated against by the Church of England after he was refused a job for being in a gay marriage, has lost his a Judge Eady QC dismissed all claims mad...
