THE values of “trust, dignity, and mutual care” in public life were highlighted by the Bishop of Manchester, Dr David Walker, in the House of Lords on Tuesday. “We all — public officers and citizens ...

STUDENTS from Gordonstoun School have discovered what is thought to be the remains of a medieval Viking church on Swona, an uninhabited Scottish island. Students and staff took a ten-hour journey from ...

THE distinctive sound of ringing changes on church bells in the UK is in danger, owing to the ageing demographic of bell-ringers, which is being exacerbated by a lack of young new recruits. The ...

WHEN Andy Burnham, as Mayor of Manchester, visited the late Pope Francis in the Vatican on 20 April 2023, it was his gift that chiefly made the news: a framed Manchester United number-six shirt signed ...

The new campaign, Back to School, is part of the Choose Hope, Cancel Debt global coalition, to which Christian Aid belongs. The proposed law would, it hopes, “force private lenders around the world to ...

PILGRIMS are among the many thousands of people still missing in Nepal, following the glacial collapse that caused devastating flooding and landslides through Himalayan valleys along the border with ...

Isaiah 55.12-end; Psalm 96; Colossians 1.15-20; John 1.1-14 or Matthew 8.23-27 LATIN was my favourite school subject. Then, at university, I learned Greek. But I never taught the languages to my ...

BETTY ROE, who died on 19 May, aged 95, belonged to the versatile generation of post-war musicians: church organist, singer, composer, publisher, choral conductor, adjudicator, teacher, examiner, and ...

THE parish of St Mary le Moor, Cadmore End, has been sanctioned by the Consistory Court of the diocese of Oxford for deliberate disregard of the faculty jurisdiction when it removed two pews from the ...