Child arrests in England and Wales have fallen by 64 per cent in the last six years but a Christian charity has told Premier this number could be lowered if the The Howard League for Penal Reform fou...
New health and safety rules mean that the traditions of 20 years are being put to a stop in a church. 800-year-old St Michael's Church has been called a danger because the chorister has been cl...
A church caretaker died after he was "unlawfully" restrained by police officers for more than 20 minutes at a police station, a court has heard. Thomas Orchard, 32, had been arrested on suspicio...
A church caretaker's eight months pregnant wife was killed by a high-speed train, a coroner has heard. Zdenka Yabani, 39, bought a ticket on 8th January at Slough station, Berkshire, before climbing ...
Thursday marks a significant day for a church in Liverpool because music history was made in its hall 60 years ago. On July 6 1957, the Beatles were in the making at St Peter's Church in Woolton. At ...
The Salvation Army has encouraged churches to offer more activities focused on the elderly as a new study has revealed the number of adults aged 85 and over nee The research, carried out by Newcastle...
Sunday schools and other UK church groups for children are having to close because team members do not pray enough and have not understood the needs of their yo Scripture Union, which conducted a stu...
A Church choir has downed hymn sheets after their musical director was told his services were no longer required. The singers at St Peter and St Paul Church, Lavenham in Suffolk walked out after Step...
Bristolian knitters have created a Christmas tree which can be turned into blankets for the homeless after the holiday season has ended. More than 800 squares were knitted or crocheted in order to ma...
A Bristol church which closed six decades ago will reopen this autumn to engage with young people that aren't connected to a church. According to the Diocese of Bristol, the team at St Nicholas Churc...
New research has found older people are more likely to live longer if they're part of church clubs. The study has found that being part of a regular social gathering like a church lunch club or a boo...
A coalition of churches has warned hundreds of thousands of children will fall through a gap created by new changes to Universal Credit. The Baptist Church, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Chur...
A man who died when an old church building collapsed in Cardiff has been named as a 55 year old man from the Welsh capital. Jeffrey Plevey had been working in the Citadel building in the Splott area ...
A man who took collection boxes with a total of more than £37,000 inside from three churches has been jailed. Stefan Bodnarczuk, 55, admitted theft at hurches in Fotheringhay, Lincoln and the west Y...
Researchers have found that our home is more important to our happiness than where we work or how much we earn. A study for The Happiness Research Institute showed nearly three quarters of those who ...
One of the country's leading composers of Church music has been discovered with child pornography in his home. John Barnard, 66, is a fellow at the Royal College of Organists and has been sentenced t...
The Church of Scotland has condemned an insensitive act toward Muslims in Fife over the weekend. Rev Dr Iain Greenshields said the Presbytery of Dunfermline "abhorred" the actions of someone who laid...
The Dean of Leicester has said it is "very sad" that some people are making money from the reburial of King Richard III. It has been revealed orders of service for the event which was held at Leicest...
A church in Watford has connected and prayed with hundreds of football fans after being approached by the phone company EE to have a mural on one of their churc Cornerstone Church says the decision t...
Personality tests could be brought in to avoid the ordination of those who simply seek authority and see if a potential vicar is up for the challenges. Julian Hubbard is the director of the Chu...
