Catholic parish churches will be able to claim from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) an extra 20% for each donation of up to £20 without requiring the giver to complete a form.

Controversial plans to open a Sikh free school in the Buckinghamshire village of Stoke Poges have been recommended for refusal by South Bucks District Council planning officers.

The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is to meet bishops from every Church of England diocese to discuss the “special relationship” the Government has with the Church over its participation in education.

The Spanish Government is preparing a reform to the country’s abortion law that, some have argued, will return Spain to a situation similar to the one that existed under General Franco’s dictatorship.

The Spanish Government is preparing a reform to the country’s abortion law that, some have argued, will return Spain to a situation similar to the one that existed under General Franco’s dictatorship.

The American organisation Human Rights First has issued a new report that details steps the United States and Tunisian governments should take to protect freedom of expression to support Tunisia’s peaceful transition to democracy.

The BBC has rejected a complaint from the Islamic Sharia Council in Leyton East London after it was featured in the Panorama programme about the treatment of women in sharia arbitration bodies.

In a progressive move, the Icelandic government has just officially registered the Ethical and Humanist Association, Sidmennt, as the first “secular life stance organization” in Iceland.

The National Secular Society has written to Kenny MacAskill MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Justice to draw his attention to a possible undermining of the impartiality, integrity and independence of the Scottish judiciary.