The Papers: 'Pressure mounts on Welby' and Lineker to leave MOTD

Many of the papers pb with the increasing unit connected Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby implicit a damning study into a prolific kid abuser associated with the Church of England. The Daily Mail says the study recovered that Mr Welby's nonaccomplishment to enactment erstwhile details of the lawsuit were presented to him successful 2013 meant John Smyth QC, who is believed to person abused much than 100 boys and young men, was ne'er bought to justice. Mr Welby acknowledged past week that the reappraisal made wide helium had "personally failed" to "energetically investigate", and said helium had considered resigning, but decided to enactment successful his role.

The Bishop of Newcastle, Helen-Ann Hartley, has go the astir elder Church person to telephone for the archbishop's resignation, the Metro reports. "Time to spell Archbishop" is its headline. The insubstantial says a petition started by 3 members of the Church's governing body, the General Synod, calling for Mr Welby to measurement down has attracted much than 6,500 signatures.

Speaking to the Times, 1 of the men abused by Smyth says the archbishop's handling of the allegations was a "dereliction of duty" and that helium has "no shadiness of a doubt" Mr Welby should measurement down.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has "declined to connection his nationalist support" to Mr Welby, the Daily Telegraph reports. The insubstantial quotes Sir Keir saying the archbishop's aboriginal is simply a "matter truly for the Church alternatively than for me" and describes the concern arsenic "unprecedented".

Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP bringing a measure to legalise assisted dying successful the UK, has pledged the caller laws would incorporate the "strictest protections and safeguards of immoderate authorities anyplace successful the world", the Guardian reports. The insubstantial says that, to beryllium eligible, patients volition person to beryllium expected to dice wrong six months, person the intelligence capableness to marque their ain choice, and spot their bid to extremity their beingness approved by a precocious tribunal judge. It adds that critics are acrophobic astir the imaginable for undue unit connected patients and the hazard that the scope of the measure volition widen nether ineligible challenges.

Water curate Emma Hardy has said h2o bills volition person to emergence successful bid to repair the country's crumbling infrastructure and halt amerciable sewage spills, the one reports. The insubstantial says the authorities is besides looking astatine conducting year-round sewage investigating astatine chaotic swimming spots and expanding the fig of spots astatine which investigating is carried out.

The Financial Times says that, pursuing Donald Trump's triumph successful the US statesmanlike election, the European Union is readying to redirect perchance tens of billions of euros to defence and security. The insubstantial says the alteration volition impact loosening the rules governing however EU funds intended to trim inequality betwixt subordinate states tin beryllium spent, and that successful aboriginal the wealth could beryllium utilized to boost arms manufacturing oregon reenforce roads and bridges to let for the transition of tanks.

Gary Lineker is to measurement down from hosting Match of the Day astatine the extremity of the play and permission the BBC altogether aft the 2026 World Cup, the Sun reports. A root tells the insubstantial Lineker "wants to permission connected a high" and that "if England were to win, it doesn't get overmuch higher".

And the Daily Mirror describes the determination arsenic a "shock" and says it volition bring to an extremity a 25-year vocation arsenic the big of the show. One insider tells the insubstantial it comes aft a woody "agreed by some sides" and that "everyone is happy".