A coroner investigating the deaths of a former lay canon of Leicester Cathedral, Mary Lawson and her husband, Sean Lawson, has heard about a planned joint suici Mark Lawson wrote an email to police t...
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is asking parliamentary candidates to protect Sunday opening hours and keep them at their six-hour li It is asking people to lobby their can...
Plans to introduce street-parking charges in Glasgow on Sundays have been criticised, for fear they will "drive people away from the pews". The city council wants to introduce a £1 charge for every ...
The government's proposed new law that would force Sunday schools and Bible study groups to open their doors to Ofsted inspectors are "sinking without a trace", Under the planned counter extremism bi...
The MP who works as a link between the government and the Church of England has told her colleagues that plans which could see church groups investigated by Ofs The proposals will see any group that ...
Rosemary Wickstead died trying to help her son who was struggling off Borve Beach on the Isle of Harris. A Sunday school teacher has died after a drowning accident involving her son while on holiday ...
Teaching at Sunday schools should be monitored, the chief education officer at one of the country's largest councils has said. Colin Diamond at Birmingham City Council claimed church lessons and othe...
Campaigners want to keep Sunday as free day for people to spend time with their loved ones or go to church. The 'Keep Sunday Special' campaign wants to limit shop opening hours and encourage people t...
The union against Sunday trading, Usdaw, said that the government's Sunday trading laws are a "knee-jerk" reaction. Usdaw General Secretary, John Hannett, said he is concerned that Sunday trading r...
The government says it will await the outcome of a consultation on Sunday trading laws before announcing its intentions after opposition meant its proposals fac David Cameron wants to give local coun...
Workers will be able to opt out of working Sundays under government plans to relax trading laws, it has been announced. Business Secretary Sajid Javid said reviewed plans to allow shops to open longe...
The founder of Oasis Trust Steve Chalke says church leaders are facing huge pressures, and need much better training in leadership. "If you've got 101 people in a church, you have 101 line managers,"...
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has suggested he may need to pray more after seeing his side pass up the opportunity to ease their relegation fears. The Black Cats did everything but score as they w...
A vicar from Tyne and Wear responding to the recent extreme weather has called on other Christians to help people badly affected. Rev Graham Young has offered to get essentials from shops for people ...
A maker of Christian advent calendars is challenging the big UK supermarkets to sell more advent calendars that are centred around Christmas. The Meaningful Chocolate company estimates that there are...
A Christian politician campaigning for stricter laws to tackle acid attacks says his proposals have garnered "very strong" public support. Amid a spate of recent acid attacks, Stephen Timms has been ...
Families are being urged to pray for dads on Father's Day. Trevor Single from Family Matters Institute told Premier Sunday is a great opportunity to celebrate and pray for fathers and the role they...
The Armed Forces Christian Union has said it's "tremendously important" to veterans when they see people supporting them through the annual Poppy Appeal and oth It's speaking after this year's kicked...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the latest legal challenge over whether assisted suicide should be legalised. It was claimed stopping doctors from helping people who wanted to die breached their huma...
The case of a transgender Christian who was refused the female state pension at the age of 60, after she chose to stay married, has been referred to judges in E The most senior court in the UK earlie...
