Families should agree to ban mobile phones on Christmas Day, the Archbishop of York has suggested. Dr John Sentamu wants a "phone fast" on the 25th so people can "focus on connecting with family and ...
Newport are deciding whether to put a 30ft 'exclusion zone' for beggars around cash machines. Charles Ferris, a Conservative Councillor said: "Aggressive begging has got out of control and it's...
New data has found that 95 per cent of nursery staff have been banned from calling a child naughty at nursery, following concerns that its negative connotations The poll of 1,000 nursery workers also...
Government rules that prevent women from Northern Ireland receiving free abortions on the NHS in England have been upheld by the High Court. It follows a test case brought by a girl who couldn't acce...
A leading cancer specialist has called for a smoking ban in London's public parks and at major landmarks. A new report from Lord Darzi says hundreds of children in London take up smoking every week a...
The Muslim veil should be banned from shopping centres and public transport, a Christian politician in the contest to become Ukip's new leader has claimed. Lisa Duffy said "it is only reasonable" Mus...
The Bishop of Bangor is running the Snowdonia Marathon in Wales on Thursday to raise awareness and funds for Christian volunteers working with refugees in Calai Rt Rev Andy John is taking on the mara...
A former bell ringer at Worcester Cathedral has lost his High Court ruling in which he claimed church leaders were wrong to remove him from the Guild of Bell-Ri The man, who's not been identified, wa...
Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has topped a list of 100 influential Catholics in the UK by Catholic newspaper The Tablet. The 50 year old, originally from Canada, took on the role ...
It appears the Bank of England Governor is reading the Archbishop of Canterbury's new book on money and materialism. Mark Carney, a Catholic, has been spotted reading what seems to be Most Rev Justin...
A Christian marriage expert has told Premier that an increase in prenuptial agreements to protect the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad, or money being passed down A prenup sets out how a couple will di...
A church trustee and former city banker who conned members of his parish out of more than £5 million has been jailed for six years. Patrick Coppeard, 43, convinced members of his congregation to giv...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has unveiled plans to invite young British bankers to give up work for a year and join a "quasi-monastic community" to pray and lea Justin Welby wants ambitious people to...
A Christian financial expert has told Premier a bank shake-up could be a "good idea" in many cases. Aidan Vaughan, managing director of MPL World Management spoke on Premier's News Hour after B...
The Baptist Assembly, along with the Church and Media Conference, has topped a list of Christian events that had the most gender balanced platforms in 2014. Both gatherings had a 50/50 split between ...
The Baptist Assembly has topped a list of Christian events that had the most gender balanced platforms in 2015. For the second year running, the meeting for Baptist members came out first in the Proj...
The Baptist Union has joined the Church of England's calls for the British government to take in more refugees. It is speaking after 84 bishops signed an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, ...
The Baptist Union - the association of Baptist churches in England and Wales - has stepped in to provide financial support to one of the UK's leading Christian Spurgeon's College made the announceme...
Gay marriage ceremonies are to be allowed take place in Baptist Union of Great Britain church buildings for the first time, with ministers being offered the dis The radical move follows a meeting of ...
Religious organisations across England and Wales are set to be investigated by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). Faiths including Buddhism, Jehovah's Witnesses and Baptists and...
