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Alfie Evans' life support withdrawn after parents lose 'last-ditch' legal attempt
The parents of seriously ill baby Alfie Evans have lost another legal appeal after lawyers made a 'last-ditch appeal' against removing his life support.
Ireland's abortion referendum: Bishops launch passionate defence of unborn
Irish bishops have spoken out in defence of unborn children after the Irish government launched its campaign in favour of repealing the country's restrictive abortion laws.
Brunson for Gulen: Turkey's president warns jailed pastor won't be freed unless US extradites rival
Turkish president Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has explicitly linked the freedom of captive US missionary Andrew Brunson and the extradition of the cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Erdogan for an attempted coup in July 2016.
Abortion clinic buffer zone order to face legal challenge in High Court
Ealing Council's abortion clinic 'buffer zone' will face a legal challenge after pro-life protesters said they would appeal the decision.
Alfie Evans: European court rejects case as protesters storm hospital
The parents of 23-month-old Alfie Evans have lost their latest legal battle after the European Court of Human Rights rejected their appeal as 'inadmissible'.
St George: Just the right saint for today's England
It's St George's Day, when all true-born Englishmen â it's usually men â feel a patriotic glow and an upswelling of pride in being not just British, but actually English.
It's a boy! Duchess of Cambridge 'doing well' after giving birth to third child
The Duchess of Cambridge has safely given birth to her third child, a baby boy, this morning.
Singing priest wows Simon Cowell â what does the public reaction tell us?
Fr Ray Kelly enraptured, surprised and delighted the show's packed audition theatre â and millions of television viewers â with an extraordinary rendition of REM's 'Everybody Hurts'.
Christian girl burnt alive in Pakistan after refusing to marry Muslim man
A Christian girl in Pakistan was burnt alive after refusing to marry a Muslim man and convert to Islam.
Hereford cathedral singers become first ever Anglican choir to sing papal mass at Vatican
Hereford Cathedral choir will make history this summer when it becomes the first Anglican cathedral choir to sing at a Papal Mass in Rome since the Reformation.
Islam on Lewis: Why the church should support Muslims' right to build mosques
Recently it was announced that the first mosque is about to be built on the Western Isles â a bastion of conservative evangelical Calvinism, dominated by the Free Church of Scotland.
Islamic extremism still a leading source of Christian persecution despite defeat of ISIS, Open Doors warns
Christian charity Open Doors has warned that Islamic extremism is still one of the main sources of persecution of Christians across the world despite the defeat of the Islamic State terror group.
Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge admitted to hospital in 'early stages of labour'
The Duchess of Cambridge is in hospital in the early stages of labour, Kensington Palace announced this morning.
GQ magazine attacks Bible as 'foolish, repetitive and contradictory', tells readers it's not worth reading
The editors of GQ magazine have sparked outrage after placing the Bible in their list of "21 Books You Don't Have to Read."
Police close investigation into 'fresh information' over George Bell abuse allegations
Police have dropped an investigation into the late-George Bell after the Church of England passed on 'fresh information' related to allegations of historic abuse.
Archbishop of York says police still need to learn about 'institutional racism' 25 years after Stephen Lawrence murder
John Sentamu has said that the Macpherson report which concluded the police were 'institutionally racist' following the murder of Stephen Lawrence 25 years ago today needs to be 'revisited' by every police force to prevent ongoing failures.