Churches and Christian charities across England could be delivering as many as 250,000 community services every week, according to new research highlighting the Church’s extensive contribution to society. The report,which examined churches and…

Relations between Britain and Israel have deteriorated sharply after foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The UK government says settlement expansion and violence…

British farming has endured its hardest summer in a generation, prompting warnings that the nation’s food security is increasingly vulnerable. National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Tom Bradshaw says drought, rising costs, livestock disease…

More than 330,000 passengers have been affected by a major failure of Britain’s air traffic control system, prompting airlines to demand urgent improvements. A technical problem at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) caused…

The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into Reform UK following allegations that senior party officials discussed ways of circumventing electoral laws governing foreign donations. An undercover investigation recorded two senior aides…

The Government plans to introduce legislation requiring technology companies to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images on smartphones and apps. Digital secretary Lisa Nandy said Apple, Google and app developers…

The Church of England is facing a growing crisis in clergy numbers, with a new report warning that parish vicars risk becoming an 'endangered species'. Published after a consultation involving bishops, theologians, clergy,…

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has achieved a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, winning 43.8% of the vote but falling three seats short of an outright parliamentary majority. The party is…

Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the 2021 English Channel disaster in which more than 30 migrants died or disappeared while attempting to reach Britain. The defendants face charges including…

An Iranian lawmaker has warned that escalating tensions involving Iran, the USA, Russia, Ukraine, NATO and China risk drawing the world towards a much wider conflict. Kamran Ghazanfari said that existing wars and…