Churches in Exeter have united to reach out to university students under a local lockdown. Students at Exeter University are not currently permitted to meet indoors with anyone who is not in their own...
A Northern Ireland community is in mourning after a 12-year-old schoolgirl was killed in a house fire. Brooke Reid died after a fire broke out at her County Antrim home on Wednesday night. Emergenc...
Board games that claim to connect people with the dead are being sold for £1 in supermarkets, with some Christians warning caution. Spirit boards (the Poundland version of Hasbro's Ouija board)...
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Durham have urged the government to extend free school meals in a bid to help families avoid a Christmas marked by financial hardship. Archbishop Jus...
A Christian MP has marked the beginning of Black History Month by urging the Government to ensure students are being thoroughly educated about black history all year round. In a video with Labour le...
Bioethics experts are warning a lack of clear and accessible long term data on egg freezing is creating "a series of ethical issues." A briefing note published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics rai...
Rt Rev Paul Butler, the Bishop of Durham, and Rt Rev Christopher Foster, the Bishop of Portsmouth, and Christian charities are among the 50 signatories that have written to the Chancellor Rishi Suna...
A new report by the National Secular Society (NSS) claims gaps in equality law is leading to "undesirable and unnecessary religious discrimination" in schools and the workplace, fuelling segregation. ...
Churches are being urged to help the hospitality industry in their towns and cities as the sector faces the threat of redundancies and derelict properties. On Tuesday, leaders of three of the UK'...
Members of Manchester Metropolitan University's Christian Union are finding "hope and freedom in Christ" as around 17-hundred people at the university self-isolate because of a coronavirus outbrea...
A new bill seeking to introduce buffer zones outside abortion clinics in order to stop people from praying and demonstrating has failed to pass its second reading in the House of Commons. The bill,...
The North East of England has seen the biggest rise in child poverty since 2013 - around three times the UK average, according to a think tank. Child poverty rose by nine percentage points in the Nort...
The Prime Minister has given his backing to a new report which has called on the government to work more closely with faith groups on solving social issues. The document titled Levelling Up Our Commun...
It's emerged that Youtube is preventing smaller churches from hosting their online services at their requested time. Known as a 'premiere', where an event is streamed at a set time, subscr...
The Church of England has decided to create a support fund for people who have come forward about suffering abuse from the Church's clergy, bishops and workers. At its meeting on 23rd September, t...
A priest in Croydon has joined those paying tribute to Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matiu Ratana who was shot dead by a handcuffed suspect at a south London custody suite. Known as Matt to his family...
Two men are to face manslaughter charges after a worker died when an old church building collapsed, police said. Keith Young, 72, and Stewart Swain, 53, have received postal requisitions to attend Car...
A tribunal panel has reserved its judgment in the case of a Christian who was sacked from her job at a school after she shared posts on Facebook criticising the teaching of LGBT relationships to young...
Christian Concern's challenge over the government changes to at-home abortion regulations during the Covid-19 lockdown has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. The group brought legal action ag...
St Albans cathedral is attempting to raise £20k for a massive fireworks display they hope will have the potential to reach 50,000 people across the city. In lieu of the usual ticketed event at Ve...
