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PUPILS of St Michael’s C of E Primary Academy, Heavitree, in Devon, are taking part in Choir Church: a musical offering run in partnership with the parish church. Choir Church — which combines musical ...

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THE Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, the Rt Revd Azad Marshall, has warned that a new law in Pakistani which makes the dissemination of “fake or false” information a criminal offence could be ...

ALLEGATIONS of sexual abuse and coercive behaviour were made against the Revd David Fletcher, a former Rector of St Ebbe’s, Oxford, after the publication of the Makin report, it was revealed on ...

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THE forecast made a fortnight ago in our columns that the Angora Government had decided to risk the carrying out of its long-conceived intention to capture or to destroy the Œcumenical Patriarchate ...

THAT 14 million people in the UK, including more than four million children, are living in poverty is a “wearily familiar” statistic that masks human suffering, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF’s ...

DECORATIVE patterns, motifs, and the red-painted outline of faux masonry are commonly seen painted on church walls. They can be regarded as a type of art that was created for the clergy, nobility, and ...

A RECENT poll in the UK suggested that one in five people in the age group 18-45 would prefer a strong unelected leader to democracy. This is worrying, and shows up a serious failure in our education ...

THE effects of President Donald Trump’s orders halting the United States’ refugee-assistance and overseas-aid programmes are already being felt, as charities lay off staff and slash support services.

CHRISTOPHER JEFFERIES was a retired English teacher in Bristol in December 2010, when the tenant of one of the flats he owned disappeared. Joanna Yeates’s body was found on Christmas Day; Jefferies ...