Churches are to be allowed send books to prisoners again, following a decision by Justice Secretary Michael Gove to scrap controversial restrictions introduced Packages to prisoners were banned in 2...
The Charity tribunal has ruled to dismiss an appeal against the disqualification of a pastor in London for the misconduct of church funds. The Charity Commission opened an initial inquiry into Rhema ...
More than 10,000 people will be taking part in Ride and Stride to raise money for churches all over the country. People will be cycling, walking, riding horses and driving tractors as they visit over...
Classical singer Russell Watson has spoken of how major illness has brought him closer to God. He's been speaking to Premier as he launches a new album of hymns and popular songs with Songs of Praise...
The first UK visit by a head of the Russian Orthodox Church gets underway on Saturday, amid hopes it will help build trust at a time when relations between Lond Patriarch Kirill is embarking on a fou...
A priest at the Russian Orthodox cathedral in London is urging UK ministers not to blame the Kremlin for an attack on a former spy in Salisbury, given the exten The director of inter-orthodox relatio...
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has explained how her Christian faith was the "biggest issue" she faced when coming to terms with her own sexuality. Ruth Davidson told BBC Radio Scotland's S...
A Christian magistrate who was sacked for his views on same-sex couples adopting children has been suspended by an NHS Trust from his post as a non-executive di 69-year-old Richard Page was removed f...
A new pilgrimage that links 500 churches and chapels in Wales has been created to draw more tourists to Wales. The National Churches Trust has partnered with Visit Wales, the Church in Wales, and oth...
Visitors are being prevented from going up to the Whispering Gallery at St Paul's Cathedral while safety measures are reviewed. Bosses said they took the "hard decision", days after a male teenager d...
Sainsbury's has refused to stock a range of Christian chocolate eggs during Easter for a fourth year, one manufacturer has told Premier. The Meaningful Chocolate Company said its latest bid for the s...
Saint Teresa of Kolkata's famous blue-rimmed white cotton sari has been trademarked by the nun's former lawyer. The design of the sari, which Teresa is believed to have purchased from a Kolkata marke...
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has defended government plans to relax Sunday trading laws. Speaking as a consultation on the issues comes to a close, he said the changes would lead to a creation of j...
Demand for stamps depicting the Biblical Christmas story has been overtaken by sales of secular designs, new figures reveal. Non-religious stamps now account for approximately 60 per cent - an increa...
The vicar of the Salford church gutted in an arson attack last week has said he has been overwhelmed by the response of the public. Canon David Wyatt has told the BBC there has been an "extraordinary...
The hoisting of a massive Russian flag on Salisbury Cathedral's scaffolding has been branded "a remarkably stupid thing to do" by bosses at the Wiltshire landma Workmen were seen removing the banner ...
A row has erupted over proposals by Senior church figures to move the chorister school from Salisbury Cathedral. Very Revd June Osborne, the Dean of the Cathedral has unveiled a plan that involves ...
Fourteen huge panels of embroidery, each three metres tall and displaying the book of Revelation, are on exhibition in Salisbury Cathedral. Jacqui Parkinson, the stitcher, used blank bed sheets to cr...
A man has patiently and painstakingly constructed a replica of Salisbury Cathedral out of 800,000 matchsticks. Creator, Barry King from Amesbury has spent six and a half years building the West Front...
For the first time since 1986, all the scaffold from the public side of Salisbury Cathedral has been removed. After almost 30 years of renovation works the planned programme of restoration has reache...
