London church to pay tribute to John Lenon

September 11th, 2009 VIENNA — Organizers of a tribute to Michael Jackson that had been set for Vienna this month say the event will be held instead in London next June. Vienna event promoter Georg Kindel told reporters that too many top performers had scheduling conflicts, and he says: "Maybe we underestimated these issues." Friday's announcement came at the end of a turbulent week of reports that key artists including Mary J.

July 23rd, 2009 Church of England offers combined wedding, baptismLONDON — The Church of England is offering couples a two-for-one service — marriage for them and baptisms for their children. The church is recognizing the changing reality of British families, it said Thursday.

July 20th, 2009 Surtees pays tribute after son's fatal race crashLONDON — Former Formula One champion John Surtees paid tribute Monday to his teenage son, who died in a race crash over the weekend. Henry Surtees was struck by a tire from another car, causing him to lose consciousness and drive into a barrier in an F2 race at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

July 15th, 2009 Rare 1502 hymnal given to UK university libraryLONDON — A church is donating a rare 1502 hymnal to a Manchester University library, where church members say it can receive better care. The Latin hymnal was published in London by Wynken de Worde, who was among the first to popularize printed works.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - In an attempt to treat Fathers' Day in the same way as Mothering Sunday, bottles of beer will be given to fathers who attend a church in Britian. While backing the move, which is part of a Church of England initiative to put a Christian emphasis on the annual celebration of fatherhood, Rt Rev John Inge, the Bishop of Worcester, said that it's an attempt to attract more men, The Telegraph reports.

May 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Late Beatle George Harrison reportedly forged all the bandmates' autographs to fulfil a dying fan's wish. Harrison faked signatures of fellow bandmates John Lenon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on two photos sent to leukaemia victim Ann Bartlett in the 1960s, as he could not get all the signatures in time and so copied them himself, it is thought, thesun.co.uk reports.

April 23rd, 2009 Hats off to Abe: Jeremy Irons at Lincoln tributeNEW YORK — Abraham Lincoln is getting the star treatment. Award-winning actors Jeremy Irons, Marian Seldes and Frances Sternhagen will be among those reciting Lincoln tributes next month from a new Library of America volume that features such writers and politicians as President Obama, Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg.

April 12th, 2009 LONDON - A prominent performance artist is to re-enact the final hours of Jade Goody's life in what he claims will be a tribute. Mark McGowan revealed that death of the former Big Brother is to be turned into 'art' work.

April 5th, 2009 LONDON - Jack Tweed paid a personal tribute to his late wife Jade Goody with a touching ode at her funeral on April 4. Tweed moved the mourners present around Essex's St John the Baptist church to tears with his ode 'If Only'.

April 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Friends and family of Late Brit celebrity Jade Goddy will bid her their last goodbye with her favorite Beatles' song 'Let It Be'. It was Goody's last wish to be buried wearing her wedding gown, and with the The Beatles' classic playing in the background.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Italian actress Sophia Loren has called on leaders of the Catholic Church to approve the beatification of late pope John Paul II. Loren, 74, a devout Roman Catholic, told church officials that the reason behind the move, which would confirm the religious leader's place in history, is because the late pope, who died in 2005, had meant a lot to her and her fellow followers.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - Jade Goody's husband will pay a personal tribute to his late wife with a touching ode at her funeral on April 4. According to reports, Jack Tweed referred to several funeral poems before penning the grief at the loss of his better half in his own verse.

March 27th, 2009 LONDON - Renowned 'Harry Potter' author J. K. Rowling, pop princess Britney Spears, and ace footballer David Beckham may check out their family trees on the Internet within seconds, for their ancestors have been found in London records.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - In an intensely personal Mother's Day tribute, British PM Gordon Brown has spoken highly of his mum, who did secret work breaking German military codes during the Second World War. The leader said he would spend the day thinking about his mother Jessie Elizabeth Brown, who died aged 86 in 2004, reports the Mirror.

March 20th, 2009 LONDON - Jade Goody wants to be buried at a flower-filled churchyard that echoes to the sound of happy playing kids. She wants her final resting place to be the 180-year-old parish church that she loves.