MPs fed on bread and water at poverty event

The status of some of Britain’s MPs and pers was determined by a roll of the dice on Monday night, at a Micah Challenge event highlighting global poverty. Lords and MPs were joined by church leaders who all rolled the dice to determine whether they would be “rich” or...

MOD urged to end ‘hypocrisy’ over failure to shop local

Church leaders are to call on the Ministry of Defence to support the struggling farming industry by buying British food for its soldiers, rather than cheaper, intensively farmed, foreign food, following a debate held this weekend at Ripon Cathedral. Church...

Church bulk buys energy monitors for congregation

A church in Cheltenham is bulk buying energy monitors in a drive to shrink the carbon footprint of its congregation. Bethesda Methodist Church, which recently received it’s second ‘Eco-Congregation Award’, is buying in the Owl energy monitors for...

Tributes pour in for murdered anti-gun campaigner

Church leaders, community groups and anti-gun charities have paid tribute to Ms Pat Regan, a mother who became a prominent campaigner against violence after she lost her son in what was dubbed ‘an underworld style shooting’ in 2002. Earlier this month, on...