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St Mary's C of E Church and inset, the proposed extension to the north elevation

Two-storey extension plan for one of area's most historic churches

The Archbishops of Canterbury (top) and York (bottom) acknowledged the "concerning background" to the case of Canon Andrew Hindley, who worked in Blackburn diocese for thirty years. Credit: Google Maps and Getty

Church sorry for letting down Lancashire clergymen’s abuse victims

Bishop Philip and Bishop Jill with the 27 ordinands while on retreat at Whalley Abbey

New County Deacons and Priests, including seven aged 30 and under, ordained by C...

Some Lancashire schools will be closed today for the general election.

General Election school closures in Lancashire

The main title card for the new video from the Diocese in advance of the ordinations

Local Church of England clergy tell their stories in new video as ordination wee...

15 pictures as village celebrates annual Club Day in colourful style

Bishop Philip with young people on the Diocesan annual holiday; young people are central to the plan

Major new funding award for Church of England in Lancashire for mission work wil...

A Mouse

Youngsters from across Lancashire gather for three days of fun and faith!

Paul Ronson

People from Preston and other central Lancashire Church of England parishes feat...

Thomas De Lacey was a trainee Church of England minister when the incidents occurred (Credit: Lancashire Police)

Man indecently assaulted girl when he was trainee C of E minister

Amanda Tattersall of St Anne, Fence in Pendle, with the new machine for their church.

Churches across Lancashire now taking contactless donations

I downloaded the new Church of England app and here’s what I thought

Church of England church servives in Lancashire this Christmas

All the CofE church services taking place in Lancashire over Christmas

Craig and Helen Woodier with their family

Community rallies round family given notice by church to leave their rented home

A couple getting married in a traditional church wedding

Your views on the Church of England charging for weddings

Do you think church weddings are over-priced? Image: David Vilches on Unsplash

Lancastrians disagree on whether the Church of England overcharges for weddings
The people of Lancashire have waded in on debate surrounding church wedding fees.
Aimee Seddon

Church should ban wedding fees, says vicar Picture: Getty Images/Fuse

Church wrong to charge for weddings and should scrap fees, says vicar

Spine-chilling cottage with ‘catacomb-like’ tunnel and secret meeting room on sale for £450k - pictures

Spine-chilling cottage with ‘catacomb-like’ tunnel on sale

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was convicted of speeding (Photo by Andrew Milligan / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW MILLIGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Archbishop of Canterbury fined £510 for speeding

Rev Richard Coles on Sky Arts Book Club

BBC Radio 4’s Richard Coles ‘forced to quit popular show’

The Foxton Centre has been serving the community in Preston for 54 years.

Developers plan stunning new vision for acclaimed Foxton Centre

: Members of the General Synod react after blessings for same-sex couples was approved in a vote by the General Synod at The Church House.

Church of England votes to offer blessings to same sex couples

Church officials said Blackburn Cathedral has the capacity to provide vaccinations to 1,700 people each week, with vaccinations offered 12 hours a day, seven days a week

Blackburn Cathedral confirmed as Lancashire's first mass vaccination hub

Pupils at Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's school enjoy the snow Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Our next lesson is ... Let it Snow!

Nativity plays and door-to-door carol singing can go ahead post-lockdown

Four ways to celebrate World Food Day with children

St. Luke's Church has stood in Brinscall for nearly 150 years

Dismay over demolition of Chorley village church
The demolition of a Chorley village church will be "a huge loss" to the community, a resident has warned.
Paul Faulkner

Small weddings could be allowed to take place from next month

Small weddings could go ahead from June

Emmanuel Church has been shut for five years due to dry rot.

PNE legend Sir Tom Finney's favourite church to be rescued for a unique future

Fr. Graeme Dunne celebrated Mass in an empty church - but still had a big congregation

How Lancashire's religious communities worshipped via webcam because of coronavi...

Christian church services have been cancelled - here's how other faiths are resp...

Time spent reading with a toddler could have long-lasting benefits

How closing the "word gap" could get more of Lancashire's children ready for sch...

Old friends are back but at odds in the new series of Cold Feet. Picture: ITV/Big Talk

ITV's Cold Feet may look warm and fuzzy, but it hides an edge that cuts through ...

Rt Rev. Dr Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster

Lancashire to celebrate pioneering churchwomen

Tom Finney and Elsie wed at Emmanuel Church, Preston

Church where Sir Tom Finney wed is saved after being condemned

In Lancashire there were 1,515 religious weddings in 2016

Lancashire couples turning their back on church weddings

John Sunter.

Diocesan surveyor for the Church of England in Lancashire retires

The Ven Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster

Archdeacon Michael: Top tips to be a man of the cloth

The new Vicar of Preston, Rev Sam Haigh, with wife Hannah.

New Vicar of Preston will bring a completely new style to Minster

Preston Minster

Preston to receive £1.5m Church of England windfall

Chris Hedley from Christ Church, Fulwood, Preston; Paul Adnitt from St Gabriels Church in Blackburn and Penny Waters, from St Chads Poulton-le-Fylde

Lancashire Church of England members gather for conference

Four new Readers were commissioned in to The Church of England in Lancashire at a service in St Johns Church in Baxenden by Rt Rev. Philip North, the Bishop of Burnley.
Photos by Sara Cuff

Lancashire's new Readers welcomed into the Church of England by the Bishop of Bu...

Be My Baby examines the issues of unmarried mothers-to-be in the 1960s and the pain of putting babies up for adoption

Poignant tales set against 60s soundtrack at Blackpool's Grand Theatre

Vera and Robin Stopforth with their relative's gravestone (left) and Carol Wignall with the gravestone of her grandparents

Families distraught after more than 50 gravestones were laid down without their ...

There are eight deacons and 11 priests

GP, bookseller and call centre worker among newest Lancashire clergy

Bishop of Lancaster Dr Jill Duff on the day of her consecration

'˜It's a privilege to become the next Bishop of Lancaster'

Cartoon capturing a scene of the Preston riots of 1868

Rioters on Preston's streets

Rev. Dr Jill Duff

Next Bishop of Lancaster unveiled

Lancashire County Council has issued an updated list (March 8) of school closures across the county.

SCHOOL CLOSURES March 8, 2018: Latest list from Lancashire County Council

According to the list, several schools in Burnley,Pendle,Accrington and the Ribble Valley are currently closed

SCHOOL CLOSURES: Latest list from Lancashire County Council

Rev Canon Dr Sue Penfold

Today's suffragettes: '˜I was determined not to be pigeonholed as a wife'

Preston Street Pastor Dave Brown with Rev Rie Walker

Broughton church-goers set up appeal to help street pastors in Preston

The Ven Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster

Devoted churchman Jimmy Armfield

Samlesbury Hall has its own spooky history

Heartbroken ghost stalks Lancashire hall

Poulton Dramas cast of Be My Baby

Tale of survival and hope with swinging 60s sounds