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Royal baby: How do third children fare in the Bible?
The future king and queen have had another baby. God bless them all: they seem like a very happy family.

Jeremy Corbyn in crunch talks with Jewish leaders about antisemitism under his leadership
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, will hold a crunch meeting with Jewish leaders later today to discuss what steps he has taken to address antisemitism in the party under his leadership.

Three billboards outside St Mary's, Hackney: Church highlights homelessness in campaign inspired by movie
A church in east London has erected three billboards in its grounds highlighting the thousands of local homeless people, inspired by the award-winning movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in which a mother campaigns for justice for her murdered daughter.

Annual Stephen Lawrence Day announced at memorial church service 25 years after teenager's racist murder
There will be an annual Stephen Lawrence Day to be held on the anniversary of the teenager's murder, 22 April, the prime minister has announced. Theresa May made the announcement at a memorial service to mark the 25th anniversary of the racist murder that shocked Britain and led to the Metropolitan police being described as institutionally racist, the Guardian reported.

Alfie Evans' life support withdrawn after parents lose 'last-ditch' legal attempt
The parents of seriously ill baby Alfie Evans have lost another legal appeal after lawyers made a 'last-ditch appeal' against removing his life support.

Ireland's abortion referendum: Bishops launch passionate defence of unborn
Irish bishops have spoken out in defence of unborn children after the Irish government launched its campaign in favour of repealing the country's restrictive abortion laws.

Brunson for Gulen: Turkey's president warns jailed pastor won't be freed unless US extradites rival
Turkish president Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has explicitly linked the freedom of captive US missionary Andrew Brunson and the extradition of the cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Erdogan for an attempted coup in July 2016.

Abortion clinic buffer zone order to face legal challenge in High Court
Ealing Council's abortion clinic 'buffer zone' will face a legal challenge after pro-life protesters said they would appeal the decision.

Alfie Evans: European court rejects case as protesters storm hospital
The parents of 23-month-old Alfie Evans have lost their latest legal battle after the European Court of Human Rights rejected their appeal as 'inadmissible'.

St George: Just the right saint for today's England
It's St George's Day, when all true-born Englishmen â it's usually men â feel a patriotic glow and an upswelling of pride in being not just British, but actually English.

It's a boy! Duchess of Cambridge 'doing well' after giving birth to third child
The Duchess of Cambridge has safely given birth to her third child, a baby boy, this morning.

Singing priest wows Simon Cowell â what does the public reaction tell us?
Fr Ray Kelly enraptured, surprised and delighted the show's packed audition theatre â and millions of television viewers â with an extraordinary rendition of REM's 'Everybody Hurts'.

Christian girl burnt alive in Pakistan after refusing to marry Muslim man
A Christian girl in Pakistan was burnt alive after refusing to marry a Muslim man and convert to Islam.

Hereford cathedral singers become first ever Anglican choir to sing papal mass at Vatican
Hereford Cathedral choir will make history this summer when it becomes the first Anglican cathedral choir to sing at a Papal Mass in Rome since the Reformation.

Islam on Lewis: Why the church should support Muslims' right to build mosques
Recently it was announced that the first mosque is about to be built on the Western Isles â a bastion of conservative evangelical Calvinism, dominated by the Free Church of Scotland.

Islamic extremism still a leading source of Christian persecution despite defeat of ISIS, Open Doors warns
Christian charity Open Doors has warned that Islamic extremism is still one of the main sources of persecution of Christians across the world despite the defeat of the Islamic State terror group.