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Synod members will debate and vote on a new safeguarding model for the Church of England on Tuesday. Two so-called models for independent safeguarding will be presented to Synod, following reviews in recent years by former chairwoman of the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) Professor Alexis Jay, and barrister Sarah Wilkinson. The Synod is sitting for its first session since the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury […]

Crystal Palace avoided becoming another Premier League scalp as they eased to a 2-0 win at Doncaster in the fourth round of the FA Cup. In the fifth round draw, Sky Bet Championship strugglers Plymouth – who caused a massive upset when knocking Premier League leaders Liverpool out on Sunday – were handed a dream trip to Manchester City. Tuesday night’s action will see City meet Real Madrid again in […]

US singer Sabrina Carpenter will receive the global success award at the 2025 Brit Awards and perform at its London ceremony. Carpenter, 25, will become only the fifth artist to receive the award on Saturday, March 1 at the O2 Arena, following One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Sam Smith, and will be the first international artist to take the gong. The Please Please Please singer won her first Grammy […]

Doctor Who star David Tennant, The Crown actress Imelda Staunton and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express are among the winners at a ceremony which celebrated the “diversity and variety of theatre productions” in the UK. Doctor Who star David Tennant, The Crown actress Imelda Staunton and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express are among the winners at a ceremony which celebrated the “diversity and variety of theatre productions” in the UK. […]

A second MP has lost the Labour whip over his membership of a WhatsApp group containing offensive comments, after a minister was sacked for his involvement. Oliver Ryan, who was elected to represent the Burnley constituency last summer, had been under investigation over the remarks and was due to meet the chief whip on Monday. It comes after former health minister Andrew Gwynne apologised for “badly misjudged” comments he made in […]

The King has taken the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister on a tour of the Cornish housing project he inspired – in a rare joint engagement between the monarch and political leaders. Charles was accompanied by Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner during three visits in Nansledan, a 540-acre extension to the seaside town of Newquay. It is understood that the unusual engagement follows discussions about housing in past […]

The UK will have to “wait and see” if Donald Trump provides more clarity on his threat to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports to the US, a minister has said. In comments on his way to the Super Bowl late on Sunday, the president said he will impose 25% tariffs on “any steel coming into the United States”, adding that aluminium will also be subject to additional […]

The Irish government is being urged to enact a bill banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land within the next 12 months. Frances Black, who first introduced the Occupied Territories Bill into the Dail in 2018, said that she does not mind if the ban is under her bill or new legislation. But she said it was important the ban is not “watered down” in any new draft […]

Simon Vickers will serve a minimum term of 15 years A father who stabbed his 14-year-old daughter in the heart while they were “play-fighting” in the kitchen has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after he was convicted of her murder. Jurors found Simon Vickers, 50, guilty after they heard how he had given three different accounts of what happened in the seconds before he […]