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Decision due on Blackpool church mental health centre plan
2+ week, 4+ day ago (426+ words) Plans to turn the church into a mental health facility are recommended for refusal A decision is due on whether a church can be turned into a mental health centre. The Thanksgiving Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Blackpool…...
Royal Black Institution: Thousands gather for Last Saturday parades
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (734+ words) Thousands of members of the Royal Black Institution and supporters are taking part in the organisation's annual Last Saturday demonstrations across Northern Ireland. The parades, which mark the traditional finale of the summer marching season, are being held in five…...
Plans to convert Snainton chapel into home approved
3+ week, 2+ day ago (522+ words) The chapel has a congregation of only eight individuals A church in a North Yorkshire village will be converted into a residential property as it is no longer viable. Evidence submitted by the Methodist Circuit to North Yorkshire Council said…...
Pocklington church workers bin families graveside ornaments
3+ week, 3+ day ago (983+ words) Louise Hirst was astonished to find broken decorations among general waste in the churchyard wheelie bin Families say they are "disgusted" and "heartbroken" after ornaments, flowers and teddys were removed from their loved one's graves and dumped in a wheelie…...
Church service held on Skyflyer at St Giles' Fair in Oxford
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (672+ words) The Reverend Anthony Buckley and Lord Mayor Chewe Munkonge Have you ever attended a church service on a funfair ride? Or seen a reverend giving a sermon from a Sky Flyer? One of the country's oldest fairs enjoys this tradition…...
Thought for the Day - Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis - 11/09/2026 - BBC Sounds
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (65+ words) Last year, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, a synagogue service was desecrated. Two worshippers, Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, were murdered. Others were seriously injured. For... Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to…...
At-risk churches in Leicestershire get funding for urgent repairs
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (611+ words) The bell tower at St Peter's Church in Wymondham was deemed a "safety risk" Two historic churches in Leicestershire, including one with a mooning man gargoyle, have received funding for urgent repairs. Grade I listed St Peter's Church in Wymondham,…...
Y bechgyn ysgol telepathig o Gapel Gurig
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1813+ words) Ieuan (chwith) a Glyn Jones (dde) – yr arddegwyr 'goruwchnaturiol' o Eryri 70 mlynedd yn ôl i eleni, fe lwyddodd dau fachgen ysgol o Gapel Curig, Eryri berswadio darlithwyr prifysgol ac ymchwilwyr seicolegol ledled y Deyrnas Unedig eu bod nhw'n gallu darllen…...
Worcester Cathedral to bless llamas, lizards and spiders
3+ week, 1+ day ago (539+ words) Animals from far and wide have been invited to Worcester Cathedral this weekend From llamas to lizards, and sheep to stick insects, a rather unusual congregation will gather at church this weekend. Worcester Cathedral has invited creatures great and small…...
Sandal-loving vicar from Suffolk who calls socks satanic retires
1+ week, 3+ day ago (631+ words) Andrew Dotchin has been a vicar in Suffolk for the past 26 years A vicar who is known for wearing sandals every day and once branded socks an "instrument of Satan" has retired. The Reverend Andrew Dotchin from Ipswich, Suffolk, has…...