In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

Move marks shift in view but sexually active gay men will not be admitted to seminaries or any other holy orders Gay men will be allowed to train as priests in Roman Catholic seminaries, so long as they observe celibacy, according to new guidelines…

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No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever. From a lifelong LFC fan

No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever. From a lifelong LFC fan

The cost of government borrowing rose again this morning and the pound fell - with financial markets still worried by the country's faltering economy and weak public finances.

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IT provider at centre of Post Office scandal had said it would restrict bidding for public work

A Kremlin spokesman says Moscow has strategic interests in the Arctic and condemns European countries for their ‘timid’ response to the US president-elect

Actors including Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman and Billy Crystal are among those to have lost multimillion-dollar houses in the wildfires