The Christian mother of Stephen Lawrence, the black 18-year-old murdered in an unprovoked racist attack in 1993 has urged eithnic minorities to use their vote o 28% percent of black Africans weren't ...
A conference has been held in East London, looking at ways black-majority churches can better support victims of domestic violence. Figures estimate one in four women and one in six men experience do...
Sir Tony Robinson has helped rewrite the traditional nativity story to give it a modern twist. The Three Ships was put together by the Time Team star and renowned composer Professor Paul Mealor.Narra...
The Bishop of Blackburn will be heading to Africa next week to run training schools for new clergy throughout Africa. Rt Rev. Julian Henderson, alongside his wife Heather, will be travelling to Kenya...
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...
