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Police drop latest investigation into George Bell

SUSSEX Police have closed their latest investigation into George Bell, after fresh information about the former Bishop of Chichester was passed on to them by the Church of England’s national safeguarding team.

23 Apr 2018

May apologises to Windrush British citizens

AFTER pressure from campaigners, the Prime Minister was forced into a U-turn this week after she initially refused to meet Caribbean leaders to discuss the plight of the “Windrush generation”

20 Apr 2018

Welby sees hope in Commonwealth

COMMONWEALTH leaders met in London this week for the biennial gathering of the bloc’s 53 heads of state

20 Apr 2018

Faith schools must teach Britishness, Lords report says

20 Apr 2018

Home Secretary asked to intervene in case of trafficked Vietnamese youth

20 Apr 2018

Children taken out of RE because of ‘prejudice’

20 Apr 2018

Do not let fear hinder change, Archbishop Davies warns Governing Body

20 Apr 2018

RAF centenary commemorated

20 Apr 2018

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20 Apr 2018

Tax justice group calls for change

20 Apr 2018

New Woolf Institute building opened

20 Apr 2018

Spiritual cleansing precedes the Salisbury clean-up

20 Apr 2018

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20 Apr 2018

Nye letter warns about same-sex marriage rites

20 Apr 2018

Chair made from York beams to be auctioned

20 Apr 2018

Tread carefully Syria, Welsh Governing Body warns

20 Apr 2018

Look more for vocations, church leaders told

19 Apr 2018

We should have lunch, religious leaders tell Commonwealth heads

16 Apr 2018

Church in Salisbury to host ‘service of cleansing’ after the poisoning of the Skripals

13 Apr 2018

Margaret Holness receives Lambeth award

13 Apr 2018

Not just for mums and toddlers: church groups for dads are on rise

13 Apr 2018

Children in the north of England ‘being left behind’ because of poor schools and disadvantage

13 Apr 2018

Department for Education drops planned regulation of out-of-school classes

13 Apr 2018

Woman stabbed outside Coventry church

13 Apr 2018

Mystery of ashes anonymously left in Kent church solved

13 Apr 2018

Jeremy Irons reads T. S. Eliot

13 Apr 2018

South Pacific Mission items sold at auction

13 Apr 2018

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Police drop latest investigation into George Bell

May apologises to Windrush British citizens

Welby sees hope in Commonwealth

Faith schools must teach Britishness, Lords report says

Home Secretary asked to intervene in case of trafficked Vietnamese youth

Children taken out of RE because of ‘prejudice’

Do not let fear hinder change, Archbishop Davies warns Governing Body

RAF centenary commemorated

Donate to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund, which continues until Pentecost

Tax justice group calls for change

New Woolf Institute building opened

Spiritual cleansing precedes the Salisbury clean-up

News in brief

Nye letter warns about same-sex marriage rites

Chair made from York beams to be auctioned

Tread carefully Syria, Welsh Governing Body warns

Look more for vocations, church leaders told

We should have lunch, religious leaders tell Commonwealth heads

Church in Salisbury to host ‘service of cleansing’ after the poisoning of the Skripals

Margaret Holness receives Lambeth award

Not just for mums and toddlers: church groups for dads are on rise

Children in the north of England ‘being left behind’ because of poor schools and disadvantage

Department for Education drops planned regulation of out-of-school classes

Woman stabbed outside Coventry church

Mystery of ashes anonymously left in Kent church solved

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