A judge has rejected an application to stop the trial of an evangelical preacher accused of insulting Islam. Pastor James McConnell, 78, has been charged in connection with a controversial sermon m...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the latest legal challenge over whether assisted suicide should be legalised. Paul Lamb, a paralysed former builder and Jane Nicklinson, the widow of a man who had 'lo...
There are fresh efforts today to make the Church more welcoming for people who cannot hear. A special event at Manchester Cathedral between 2pm and 4pm is also celebrating the gifts of deaf people an...
Twenty thousand people are expected to attend the 2017 Big Church Day Out which gets underway in West Sussex this weekend. Acts including Bethel Music, Reuben Morgan Hillsong Worship and Rend Collect...
Guests to the Big Church Day Out festival in West Sussex at the weekend were treated to performances by some of the most renowned performers in Christian music, Thousands of people defied warnings of...
People who bought tickets for Big Church Day Out North 2019 are being offered refunds after organisers cancelled the festival, following two years of disappoint Calling off the event at Capesthorne H...
Organisers of the Big Church Day Out have suggested people who bought tickets to the festival this year may want to help clear a six-figure budget deficit. Speaking after the first leg of the event a...
The Big Church Switch, a Tearfund and Christian Aid initiative, has won the energy category in the PEA Awards (People, Environment, Achievement). The campaign was launched in February to inspire ch...
The number of people getting married in the UK has seen the biggest yearly jump in a decade. 262,000 weddings took place in 2012.It's being partly put down to the Royal Wedding which took place the y...
A Christian-run foodbank and fuelbank has said it "can only be a good thing" that the Big Six energy firms have met to discuss fuel poverty. Hull Foodbank, part of the Christian charity Trussell Trus...
A Christian education charity has said almost one in four parents are concerned about their child's progress in school as they return after summer break. TLG polled 1,000 parents and found that 23 pe...
Award-winning travel author Bill Bryson has been appointed a Vice-President of the National Churches Trust. The trust is an independent charity dedicated to supporting and promoting places of worship...
Best-selling author Bill Bryson has revealed his favourite church buildings as part of the launch of the UK's new church tourism website. The ExploreChurches site aims to  make it easy to discover ...
The Government's confirmed that it's introducing a bill which, if passed, will see women bishops enter into the House of Lords faster than planned. General Synod members in the Church of England gave...
Premier's Political Editor has been crunching the numbers and gauging reaction to George Osborn's speech. George Osborne has set out plans to cut a further £25 billion pounds from public spending af...
The Archbishop of Glasgow has revealed he tried to comfort a woman who'd seen both her teenage daughter and her parents "killed almost right in front of her" in Jaqueline McQuade saw her daughter Eri...
David Cameron called Conservative Party members opposed to gay marriage "Neanderthals", according to his biographer. Sir Anthony Seldon, author of 'Cameron at 10' said that the Prime Minister defied ...
A Christian charity has encouraged people to be compassionate to people struggling with mental health issues after a new study claims around one in every 100 pe The study by Rethink Mental Illness fo...
The Diocese of York says its clergy are doing what they can to provide pastoral support as the area is hit by an outbreak of bird flu. Thousands of ducks are being culled after a case was detected at...
Birmingham Cathedral has shut its doors to the public in response to the national terror threat level which was increased to critical following Tuesday's terror The Cathedral, known as St Philip's, o...
