Anne Thomas

• Holidays putting financial strain on Brits, warns CAP

  Poor holiday budgeting is landing more than half of all Brits in financial difficulty, warns leading debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty.

• Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq sentenced to death over slain archbishop

  The Iraqi Government says that a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq is to be executed for the death of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop.

• Message of Jesus hits Bristol's commercial district

  Bristol will soon become home to a sprawling new shopping centre, and one which boasts Europe's biggest car park no less, but Open Air Campaigners (OAC) are there to meet a wholly different kind of need - spiritual.

• Lichfield Cathedral celebrates 1st class Royal Mail stamp

  Lichfield Cathedral is putting on special tours and musical performances to celebrate the launch of the Royal Mail's new 'Cathedral' stamp series on Tuesday.

• Scripture Union's new LightLive eases burden of busy youth leaders

  Scripture Union has launched a new online resource centre to act as a one-stop shop for busy children's and youth group leaders.

• Hope08 challenges Christians to donate one million hours of kindness to UK

  Hope08, the nationwide year of grassroots mission, has set the challenge to Christians to give a million hours of kindness to the UK this May bank holiday.

• Appeal to world's Christians: pray for Zimbabwe

  Desperate appeal rings out from Diocese of Harare for world prayer to rescue Zimbabwe.

• Extreme poverty an 'offence to God' - Church of Scotland council

  Extreme poverty is "offence in the eyes of God", a new report from the Church of Scotland's World Mission Council will tell next month's General Assembly.

• Churches feeding hungry Zimbabweans

  Zimbabwe's churches are working hard to keep ordinary Zimbabweans from starvation in a country with the world's highest inflation rate and shortest life expectancy.

• World readies for global lights out

  Cities around the world are getting ready to switch off their lights for one hour today as part of Earth Hour.

• Manchester Cathedral samples Fairtrade Communion wine

  Manchester Cathedral is considering stepping up its efforts to help third world farmers with the introduction of what it believes is the world's first Fairtrade Communion wine.

• New Bible reveals God's heart towards poverty and injustice

  A new Bible which connects Scriptures with some of the biggest issues of our day has been launched by Bible Society.