Francis repeated his view that women are the ‘fertile’ nurturers of the church, inducing grimaces in his audience during a speech.

The show’s first blind contestant landed a score of 29 after performing lifts and bench work with his partner Dianne Buswell.

The image sees the all-female line-up posing together while donning an array of silver sequin and and satin gowns.

Arsenal scored two late goals to beat Leicester 4-2 and take advantage of Premier League title rivals Manchester City drawing 1-1 at Newcastle.

Ibrahima Konate’s header and a Mohamed Salah penalty either side of Rayan Ait-Nouri’s equaliser made it five wins from six league games.

Arsenal’s dramatic late win leaves Leicester on just three points from 18 and manager Steve Cooper, booked for protesting what he felt was a foul on Jamie Vardy in the build-up to Arsenal’s first goal ...

An Israeli air raid in Beirut killed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s long-time leader, the Lebanese militant group confirmed on ...

Lancashire’s relegation from Division One of the Vitality County Championship was confirmed on the day when rivals Yorkshire were promoted to the top flight. After bowling out Worcestershire for 180 ...

Thomas Frank insisted there is method to the madness after Brentford raced into the Premier League record books. The Bees became the first team to score in the first minute of three consecutive ...

Warrington captain George Williams kept his nerve to kick the match-winning golden point and seal a thrilling 23-22 win over St Helens in their Betfred Super League play-off at the Halliwell Jones ...

A new football coaching scheme in prisons in County Durham is helping to tackle reoffending. The six-week initiative is designed to equip inmates with leadership and technical skills that will improve ...

Regis Le Bris was pleased with Wilson Isidor's first start in a Sunderland shirt, even though his side lost 2-1 at Watford.