In a recent BBC survey, two-thirds of those questioned said the law "should respect and be influenced by UK religious values", and agreed that "religion has an important role to play in public life". (Interestingly, a significantly greater proportion of the Muslims and Hindus polled supported a strong role in public life for the UK's Christian traditional religious values.)

Easter is the centre-point of the Christian story, yet it is all too often overshadowed by the commercialised celebrations of Christmas.

This Easter, why visit a church near you and remind yourself what it is all about?