A church-based coalition is to be launched today in Blackburn to encourage faith-based aid projects for refugees and asylum seekers. The Sanctuary Project will draw together a range of support for some 1,200 people in the first instance.

A Farmer’s Market at a Preston Church of England church on Saturday (March 21) will celebrate a unique ‘Green’ achievement for a church in North-west England.

A Muslim woman is to join the staff of a major cathedral, in an appointment believed to be the first of its kind.