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Christmas comes early for church with links to Shakespeare after £20,000 grant
A church where many actors from Shakespeare's acting company are believed to be buried is just one of the recipients of Christmas grants from the National Churches Trust.
Libby Lane is the new Bishop of Derby
The Church of England's first woman bishop has been elected as the next Bishop of Derby, Downing Street announced today.
No room at the inn? Why Jesus was really laid in a manger
Imagine a girl about to give birth, turning up at a hotel. Who wouldn't give up their room for her?
Questions and answers: Two Christmas gifts to change your life
Looking for Christmas stocking-fillers that could change your life's direction? Or make your church a place where members eagerly seek their calling from God?
School children in Brighton to learn that trans boys have periods too
Schools in Brighton & Hove in the south of England are being advised to teach children that it is not only girls and women who have periods.
Attacks on Christians in Nigeria are a 'forgotten tragedy', says bishop
Bishop William Amove Avenya said the victims in his diocese have included children and pregnant women
New scheme launched to stop rented vehicles being used as terrorist weapons
A new scheme has been launched in the UK to reduce the risk of rented vehicles being used to commit terrorist attacks.
Pastor with disabled child has seven pleas for his fellow pastors
Including people with disabilities means more than having wider bathroom stalls, says Pastor Anthony Kidd.
Ice sculptures at Canary Wharf highlight UK's homelessness problem
International humanitarian charity Penny Appeal unveiled five life-size ice statues symbolising homeless families at London's Canary Wharf Station to promote its winter campaign.
Justin Bieber plugs Christian book to his 103m Instagram followers
Justin Bieber encouraged his millions of Instagram followers to do a soul-check this Christmas as he plugged a book written by his best friend Pastor Judah Smith.
Christmas gifts are easily forgotten and often unused, research finds
If someone asks you what you got for Christmas last year and you find yourself drawing a blank, you are not alone, according to new research.
Most family arguments at Christmas will be over what to watch on TV
'Tis the season to be jolly but for some families, that feel-good vibe might be in danger of being killed off by disagreements over what to watch on Christmas Day.
Forgotten and forsaken? Africa's humanitarian crises
There are now more crises affecting more people and lasting longer than a decade ago.
Peace pilgrimage will mark 30th anniversary of Lockerbie bombing
The Walk of Peace will take place on December 22 when scores of people are expected to silently climb Burnswark, an ancient and dramatic landmark south east of the Dumfries and Galloway town.
Coptic Christians mourn father and son killed by police officer
Coptic Christians Imad Kamal Sadeq, 49, and his son David, 21, were shot by Robi Mustapha Khalifa, who was stationed as a security guard at the Nahded-al-Qadasa church in Minya, Upper Egypt.
I'm dreaming of a not weird Christmas
If we still had our son Ben it would be different in some ways. We lost Ben to cancer in 2011.