Bowthorpe Road Chinese Methodist Church were served an enforcement notice after its new extension was built 4.5m closer to homes than it should have been.

Catherine Hutton, superintendent minister for the Norwich Methodist Circuit, told Eastern Daily press: “We noticed there is a distinct lack of community buildings in the area, and the hall was erected to fill that gap while also providing a place of worship.

“It will be heartbreaking if we have to take it down. It will be a real loss to the community and the church as we have not yet been able to realise its potential.”

The church, which has a regular congregation of 160 people, has appealed the notice but could be required to demolish the building if it is unsuccessful.

The council gave the church planning permission in 2016 to demolish the former church hall and build a new one on the site.

However, an enforcement investigation began after neighbours noticed the distance between the hall and its boundary was not correct.

The church went on to make a new application seeking permission for where the hall had been built but this was turned down by the council’s planning committee.

The city council has stated that the building is “considered dangerous”.

Edmond Tsui, the church’s pastor said the congregation raised £300,000 for the hall, while the rest was funded through…

At a reception held at Buckingham Palace, the monarch greeted 160 representatives of different beliefs and faiths from across the UK.

A smaller group of 12 volunteers and community workers had the chance to discuss with her their efforts to bring about positive change in their neighbourhoods.

They said the Queen took time to quiz them on their work in supporting people from a variety of backgrounds and encouraged them to work together in future now they had met each other.

Rachael Cox, from Celebrating Sanctuary Birmingham, who develop community engagement projects with refugee communities and asylum seekers, said the Queen seemed “empathetic” during the discussion.

“She was very interested in all of our work with refugees and asylum seekers in particular,” she said.

“She seemed very empathetic to the situation they’re in and the difficulties that they face.”

This evening I will mostly be eating with an elderly sister in Christ who lives in a large house in central London!

— Dai Hankey (@daihankey) June 25, 2019

Pastor Dai Hankey, from Cardiff, called the Queen “genuinely buzzing” to hear the community leaders networking amongst themselves.

Following his conversation with the monarch, he said: “She was very aware. You get the impression that people who live in palaces aren’t aware of the outside world, but she really does know what’s going on in the world and…

The woman’s Catholic mother earlier this week won a legal battle after doctors said the pregnancy should be terminated.

A judge on Friday gave specialists permission to terminate the pregnancy.

But Court of Appeal judges on Monday overturned that decision after the woman’s mother mounted a challenge.

Judges have heard that the woman, who is in her twenties and 22 weeks pregnant, has the mental age of a child aged between six and nine.

They were told that she had been diagnosed with a “moderately severe” learning disorder and a mood disorder.

Lawyer Laura Hobey-Hamsher, who represented the woman’s mother, said the woman has already chosen a name.

“There is no question that the questions faced in this case are some of the most difficult faced by judges,” said Ms Hobey-Hamsher, who works for law firm Bindmans.

“Ultimately, the Court of Appeal disagreed with the analysis previously carried out, and the woman at the heart of all of this will now be able to meet the baby, who she has already named.”

She went on: “All of those involved in her care can put the past behind them and turn their attention to where it is needed most: The pregnancy, and the safe delivery of a healthy baby.”

Mrs Justice Lieven had initially analysed the case at a hearing at the Court of Protection, where issues relating to people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions are considered, in…

The protesters at ‘The Time is Now Rally’ set off their alarm clocks as a message to MPs.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Rowan Williams said his faith underpins his environmental concerns.

“We’re told to see our material environment as part of the way God communicates with us,” he said.

“As Christians we believe in a God who actually works in flesh and blood – in the life of Jesus. So all of those things for me make it a real theological imperative.”

#TheTimeIsNow students from St Mary’s @dioceseHN @CAFOD on their way to London Mass Lobby pic.twitter.com/FzF8y5tSKo

— CAFOD in Hexham & Newcastle (@CAFODHN) June 26, 2019

The mass protest has been organised by the Climate Coalition and Greener UK, whose members include Catholic international development charity CAFOD.

CAFOD Director Christine Allen told attendees of an interfaith event at Church House on Wednesday: “This is our opportunity as people of faith to come together before we meet later with our MPs at this amazing gathering.

“We come as people united in faith, united in our relationships and united with our world.

Our alarms are set, are yours? ?

We want to create a noise that cannot be ignored! At 2pm today we are going to set off as many alarm clocks as possible. #TheTimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/U6QSXepsSv

— CAFOD (@CAFOD) June 26, 2019

“Humanity still has the ability to work together for our common…