When Justin Welby steps down he will be succeeded by the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. There are more than 100 bishops in the Church of England, including 42 diocesan bishops. Here, the PA news ...

Chairman Nigel Railton is to announce new cost-cutting measures that could result in the closure of more than 100 branches across the country.

More than 100 boys and young men were abused physically, sexually and psychologically in the UK and Africa by John Smyth over five decades.

A man who died while swimming off the coast of Co Galway has been named as renowned singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan. Taoiseach Simon Harris has led tributes to Mr Duhan, 74, who had written songs ...

British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize. Her book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner of the £50,000 prize and ...

Tributes have been paid to Mr Duhan, 74, who had written songs recorded by artists such as Christy Moore, The Dubliners and Mary Black.

Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize with Orbital, in a record year for female writers. According to the Booker Prize, 36 men and 19 women have won it since ...

Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of wilful retention and transmission of national defence information under the Espionage Act.

A midwife and author from Norwich has become the latest to leave the Great British Bake Off tent. Illiyin Morrison, 31, was one of this series' earliest favourites after her cinnamon roll loaf cake ...

Norwich City defender Kellen Fisher has been handed an England U21 international call-up after a series of injury dropouts - including Callum Doyle.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes ...

The Prime Minister has announced the UK’s target for cutting greenhouse gases at the Cop29 talks in Azerbaijan.