A bookmakers has been hit with a penalty of nearly £6 million after failing to block people with a known gambling habit.

Hundreds of families are expected to benefit from a change in the law allowing them to take control of their missing loved ones' financial affairs.

Over 45,000 people have signed a petition, which has been given to the government asking ministers to protect freedom of speech for preachers in the UK who aren't breaking the law.

A group of MPs have called for more to be done in tackling youth violence. A report from the home affairs select committee said there was a "serious mismatch" between the government's diagnosis of the problem and its solutions, and its serious violence strategy lacked leadership and focus&…

Muslims are said to have warned 20, mostly Christian employees at a government hospital of an attack by a jihadist fundamentalist group in Kutulo town, Kenya.

At the invitation of the United Churches of North and South India, the Archbishop of Canterbury, together with Mrs Welby, will be travelling to seven areas of India on a ten day visit, to meet and pray with local church communities and celebrate the 'force for good' of Christian minorities to thei&#…

A priest who sexually abused schoolboys at a Catholic seminary in the 1970s and 1980s in a "quite appalling way" has been jailed for 18 years.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case of a married father accused of murdering a missing midwifery student who went to his church.

A 20 year-old woman has been arrested after reporting to police that another woman had pushed her and hit her in the face for not wearing her headscarf properly.

Teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds in England are 18 months behind their wealthier classmates when it comes to how well they do in their GCSEs.

A 64 year old man has been arrested following the discovery of a church gardener's body in Hertfordshire.

A jury has found that Katy Perry's 2013 hit Dark Horse improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song, setting up arguments over how much the singer and other defendants will owe.

Latest poverty figures show there are millions stuck in poverty with incomes well below the average amount thought to be enough for basic essentials.

A Christian doctor has been sacked after a disciplinary hearing for telling a patient they must be saved by God and to see a pastor instead.