The head verger at Blackburn Cathedral is in hospital with serious injuries after an unprovoked attack. Thirty six year old Mark Pickering was inside the cathedral undertaking his duties when it happ...
Blackburn Cathedral has been named Lancashire's Cultural Venue of the year. The judges said they were impressed by the cathedral's ability to attract a wide variety of people and visiting groups, its...
An episode of Panorama which investigated on race relations in Blackburn has been met with criticism by local church leaders. Producers of the BBC programme - broadcast on Tuesday night - were accuse...
One cathedral will be exploring the relationship between science and faith and seeing how the two can co-exist. A series of five talks, conversations and panel discussions is being held at Blackburn ...
Adverts placed on buses promoting a church run event in Blackpool which will feature Franklin Graham are being removed after a number of complaints were made. Blackpool Transport, which oversees the ...
A new addition to the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations which proclaims the resurrection of Jesus Christ has been officially switched on. Featuring an image of Jesus proclaiming the message, 'I am...
Cricketers heading from Rome to face the Church of England team in a cricket match have been given an official blessing by the Pope. Francis signed a bat that the team will take during their five mat...
A blind church leader in Hampshire is skydiving 13,000 feet to raise money for his church extension. Mark Madavan, from Locks Heath Free Church near Fareham (pictured below), is making the tandem div...
Firefighters who died doing their job will be remembered at two London Cathedrals on Saturday to mark 100 years of the Fire Brigade Union. A special service will be held at Southwark Cathedral to c...
A Catholic bishop who waved a blood-stained handkerchief after the Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland is to be awarded the freedom of Derry. Dr Edward Daly, Bishop Emeritus of Derry, became ...
An organisation campaigning for Christian unity says conversations about tighter immigration controls are not putting Black and Minority Ethnic people off votin Churches Together was speaking after n...
The BNP has cited the Archbishop of Canterbury's views on immigration in its election manifesto for London mayor. In a booklet sent to all London homes ahead of the mayoral election the party's candi...
A Catholic priest who repeatedly sexually abused a teenage student breached his position of trust in a "spectacular and horrific" way, a court has heard. Fr Michael Higginbottom, 74, is accused of su...
A body found in Stevenage last Saturday has been identified as twenty year old Joy Morgan. The woman was murdered by a member of her extremely private church, Shohfah El-Israel, who attended the Isra...
The body of Joy Morgan has possibly been found by police. Shofah El-Israel was convicted of Joy Morgan's murder in August this year although no body was found by the time of the trial.The midwifery s...
Police in Oxfordshire searching for a vicar reported missing in the early hours of Thursday morning have found a body in a Wallingford field. Officers believe the body is that of 88-year-old Rev Jame...
The Church has a responsibility to ensure young girls and boys are being taught that their value lies in their identity in Christ and not their looks, according The push for churches to do more comes...
The body of an atheist buried in a church graveyard is going to be exhumed decades after her death following a "fundamental mistake". ​Gwendolen Patricia Crow, 58, was involved in a road accident o...
Police are investigating a threat to pipe bomb the office of a Christian MP. Labour member and former priest Chris Bryant was sent a message on Twitter which he later reported to officers.The threate...
A rector in Belfast has told Premier of his "frustration and anger" at a decision which could potentially impact thousands of jobs in his parish. Rev John Cunningham reacted to a move by the United S...
