Britain’s Quakers have sold their shares in multinational oil company BP after criticism from both within and outside their own ranks.

A survivor of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima has urged an audience in London to tackle the root causes of war, marking the sixty-fifth anniversary of the bombing.

Quaker activists have given a cautious backing to ministers' plans to crack down on cheap alcohol. But they have warned that the plans do not go far enough.

Church leaders and Christian agencies say they are disappointed that neither of the two biggest political parties have included a commitment to the Robin Hood Tax in their manifestos.