The new Bishop of Leicester will be Rt Revd Martyn Snow, Downing Street has announced. Currently the Bishop of Tewkesbury the clergyman will take up his new job in Spring 2016.Bishop Martyn, 47, was ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has met with baking legend and television personality Mary Berry. The Anglican leader met with The Great British Bake Off star to film a special Easter programme; Mary ...
A food artist has created the Christmas nativity scene entirely out of cheddar. Prudence Staite, a food artist from Gloucestershire, told Premier's News Hour that she used 40 kilograms to carve the d...
A funeral Mass for the murdered teenager Paige Doherty is to be held in Clydebank later. Parish priest Fr Gerald Tartaglia will lead the service at St Margaret's Catholic Church and mourners have bee...
A Mass marking the first anniversary of murdered Catholic school teacher Ann Maguire has taken place at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds. Staff and students came together on Tuesday to rememb...
Organisers of a new mission movement in Cumbria have said the event was a big success. Moving Mountains started on Thursday and was comprised of 500 activities all across the county including school ...
Volunteering through UK churches has increased by nearly 17% over the past two years, according to the third biennial National Church and Social Action Survey. Figures indicate that 1.1 to 1.4 millio...
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has announced a new set of Lambeth awards as he marks the third anniversary of his installation. The non-academic awards recognise outstanding service in variou...
Christian singer and songwriter Matt Redman has revealed a fashion mishap he made nearly 20 years ago, while promoting his debut album. The multi-Grammy award winner said he regrets appearing on the ...
Worship leader and Grammy award winner Matt Redman has urged Christians not to think those on church stages have their lives all together as he opens up on his In an interview with Premier, the sing...
The worship leader Matt Redman says Premier Praise, the new Christian radio station playing classic and contemporary Christian music 24-hours a day, is going to Welcoming the launch of Premier's new ...
The wife of murdered church organist Alan Greaves has told Premier she will be praying for her husband's killer on Christmas Eve. It's been four years since he was killed while walking to midnight ma...
Theresa May has the qualities needed to be prime minister, a vicar serving in Mrs May's constituency has told Premier. Revd Margaret Bird spoke before the Tory leader arrived at Buckingham Palace on ...
The leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have written articles in the Church Times outlining their commitment to the world's poor. Marking 60 years of Christian Aid Wee...
The mayor of a London borough which placed a girl from a Christian family with two Muslim foster families has defended its selection processes. John Biggs said Tower Hamlets Council looked "very care...
Questions over how police treated a street preacher arrested in Southgate last month will be put to the Mayor of London on Thursday. Sadiq Khan will be asked why officers detained 64-year-old Oluwole...
The mayors of Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester have signed a letter today calling for people to talk more positively about later life. On the UN Day for Older Persons, their letter says many old ...
The parents of Madeleine McCann are attending a prayer service for their daughter on Thursday, the day marking eleven years since her disappearance. Kate and Gerry, who are Catholics, are being joine...
A South African couple who have been reunited with their daughter after she was kidnapped more than 17 years ago have told the parents of Madeleine McCann to ke Morne and Celeste Nurse have offered t...
It is "dreadful" that more than 46,000 elderly people have had their "meals on wheels" service axed in the past three years, according to a Christian charity. Pilgrims' Friend Society's told Premier ...
