Zebra finches learn to sing from a song sheet in their head, according to Swiss researchers.

Villagers join in a sponsored hymn singing to raise money for a trust for a teenager who died from a rare cancer.

A musician creates a track using samples from the speeches made by Northern Ireland's politicians on 8 May

As the Cwm Rhondda hymn celebrates its centenary, the headstone on its composers grave is restored.

A five-year-old guide dog regularly adds his bark to the Sunday hymn singing of a small chapel congregation.

A Somerset church launches a "hymn book amnesty" after 20 go missing in the past year.

Campaigners are trying to save the cottage where Morning Has Broken was written, from demolition. Is the hymn-cum-pop song worthy of such efforts?

A Lincoln church is to host what is thought to be England's first "U2-charist" - a Holy Communion with rock music.

A cathedral will break with 1,000 years of tradition on Wednesday when its new girls' choir sings its first evensong. Is it long overdue or is it sacrificing an ancient tradition for political correctness?

US country musician Willie Nelson buys a church in Texas where he played and sang hymns as a child.

A US singer-songwriter travels to Wales to record a Welsh language hymn with local musicians.

Evangelical Christians and confirmed atheists join together to protest against the planned religious hate laws.

Silence is in short supply these days but when you do find it, it's in many forms, says historian David Cannadine in his weekly opinion column, A Point of View.

A new CD featuring jazz versions of hymns from the Welsh religious revival of 1904-05 is released.

Restoration work starts on a chapel built in memory of William Williams, Wales' most prolific hymn writer.

The 200th anniversary of the death of a hymn writer Ann Griffiths is marked with events in mid Wales.

Humanists claim an opening ceremony at a new cemetery will overwhelm them with Christian hymns and readings.

A selection of Cornwall's favourite hymns are sung at a special service in Truro Cathedral.

Prayer and hymn services for the life of Pope John Paul II are held at Catholic cathedrals across Wales.

Ten Kenyan prisoners escape from their cells by singing hymns at the top of their voices to drown out the sound of their pocket hacksaw.