Author: News Desk

London’s challenger stock market Aquis has accepted a £194m takeover offer from Swiss-based bourse operator SIX Group, CITY AM reports.

Bishop joins calls for Welby to quit over abuse scandal – that’s the lead story for the front page of The Independent.

A senior bishop in the Church of England has called for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign, the Metro reports.

The Guardian’s lead story is on an assisted dying bill revealing “strict” safeguards on protecting patients.

The Daily Express reports on calls for Justin Welby to resign from his role as Archbishop as church leaders say his position is “no longer tenable”.

The Daily Mirror reports on Gary Lineker quitting Match of the Day next summer.

Gary Lineker is to leave the BBC after the 2026 World Cup, The Sun reports.

There is growing pressure on Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to step down from his role following a damaging report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England. The report’s findings – splashed across many of today’s front pages – suggest Welby “could and should” have reported the allegations against John Smyth when they were put to him in 2013.

Smyth died in 2018.

News that Gary Lineker is to step down from hosting the much-loved Match of the Day at the end of the season makes many of the front pages, which acknowledge it as an ‘end of an era.’ The papers also report Lineker is set to quit the BBC altogether after the 2026 World Cup.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is reportedly in talks to become secretary of state whilst Florida congressman Michael Waltz is being lined up as national security advisor, according to sources, and other Trump loyalists have been put in key positions.