A council in east London is going to be quizzed by an advocate for children's rights over its decision to place a Christian girl with Muslim foster carers. The Children's Commissioner for England, An...
The Government plans to exercise new powers to fine, suspend or deregister universities if they do not meet a statutory duty to commit to free speech in their g Jo Johnson, the universities minister,...
The speaker of the House of Commons has reignited the gay marriage debate by suggesting marriage will only really be equal when same sex unions can take place i John Bercow has been addressing a rece...
Churches across Glasgow are joining forces to provide hospitality and care for the thousands of people expected in Glasgow as the Commonwealth Games get underwa The event kicked off with the opening ...
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said rules against remarried divorcees taking Holy Communion are unlikely to change. Cardinal Vincent Nichols held a press conference as he pr...
People living in Wakefield will be able to pick up a bottle of wine at the same time as attending church. The city's Cathedral has started selling communion wine in the shop next door to raise money ...
Eric Pickles has welcomed the passing of a new law which ensures all councils have the right to hold prayers at the start of meetings. The Local Government (Religious Observances) Act received Royal ...
The vicar in Greater Manchester says opening up the church grounds for growing fruit and vegetables has prompted an "inter-faith conversation" in a "very divers Rev John Hughes from St John the Evang...
The Salford community is coming together to raise £100,000 to restore a historic church that was gutted by fire on Sunday. Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to the Church of th...
The car has "hollowed out" community and family life, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has claimed. In a speech about ageing in modern Britain he said "family cohesiveness has been dest...
A priest who used a dead woman's disability parking badge has been handed a community order, a council said. Anglican minister William Haymaker was found guilty in March of possessing an article for ...
Ecclesiastical and the Centre for Economics and Business Research says groups are projected to be worth over £27 billion pounds to the economy. Community organisations such as charities, churches an...
Almost two-thirds of Scots would back the establishment of community schools with no religious observance, according to a new survey. The Humanist Society Scotland is asking parents to support a new ...
A vicar who beat his wife in a drunken rage has been ordered to carry out over 100 hours unpaid community service. Torquay Magistrates' Court heard Revd David Davies, 50, was two and a half times ove...
Hundreds of thousands of commuters experienced major disruption during rush hour on Monday morning after commuters fled from a man reading from the bible. Panicked passengers on a train just outside ...
Hitting companies that use cold-calling and nuisance texts with fines of up to £500,000 will become easier, under new laws announced by the government. From April the regulator will be able to hand ...
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has said comments made by the current holder of the role that poverty in Britain is more shocking than Africa a The country's use of food banks is 'te...
A formal complaint of serious misconduct could be made against a Church of England bishop over his response to a case of child sex abuse involving a vicar. The Church's interim safeguarding director ...
A former Christian town mayor in County Durham has had formal complaints about his conduct on social media dismissed. A number of activists, led by drag artist Tess Tickle, campaigned for Richard Smi...
The practice of compulsory religious worship in Scottish schools has been branded "discriminatory, anachronistic and unpopular" after a poll found a majority wa A survey, carried out by YouGov for th...