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 ...

A disability rights campaigner opposed to the assisted dying bill has argued care services should be prioritised over the ...

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

The princess will host her annual festive event at Westminster Abbey next month as part of her gradual return to public duties.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A driver killed 35 people and injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into a crowd exercising at a sports ...

Carbon emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach a new high in 2024, with no clear signs yet of the urgently-needed peak in pollution to curb global warming, scientists have said. Global emissions ...

Inheritance tax reforms introduced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget are already having a “chilling effect” on farming and rural businesses in Scotland, John Swinney has said. Speaking ahead of an ...

Class “inequalities” exist in creative industries in the UK where high-profile figures are more likely to have attended private schools and top universities, a report has suggested. More than two in ...