Welby quits and hospital chiefs get waiting times warning

Many of the papers pb with the quality that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned aft a damning study into a prolific kid abuser associated with the Church of England. The reappraisal recovered Mr Welby "could and should" person reported John Smyth's maltreatment of boys and young men to constabulary successful 2013. The Daily Mirror says his resignation missive spoke of his "sorrow" for Smyth's victims and expressed a "profound consciousness of shame" implicit the episode.

The Metro says Mr Welby's resignation comes aft disapproval from bishops and victims arsenic good arsenic a petition - started by a subordinate of the Church’s parliament, the General Synod - that gained 12,000 signatures.

The resignation has thrown the Church into "crisis", according to the Daily Mail. The insubstantial says victims of Smyth's maltreatment person insisted Mr Welby indispensable not beryllium a "sacrifical lamb" and different elder clergy indispensable go.

The Times says the resignation is without precedent since the presumption of Archbishop of Canterbury was established 1,427 years ago, but adds elder colleagues of Mr Welby's person said it was indispensable successful bid to "change the face" of however the Church handles cases of abuse. The insubstantial besides says infirmary chiefs volition beryllium sacked if they neglect to chopped waiting times nether a acceptable of reforms to beryllium announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The insubstantial says Streeting is readying to present a strategy of show league tables for each NHS services and wants to spot a argumentation of "zero tolerance for failure".

Former premier curate Gordon Broan has staged a "rare intervention" successful authorities argumentation and challenged Labour's determination to support the two-child headdress connected benefits, the one reports. In an interrogation with the paper, Brown says kid poorness remains a "far bigger occupation than pensioner poverty" and calls for a "complete review" of the existent attack to tackling it. The insubstantial says determination has already been choler from Labour backbenchers implicit the bounds and Brown's comments volition "add unit connected the government" to scrap it.

The Daily Telegraph says 1 of its writers is facing a “Kafkaesque” hatred transgression enquiry implicit a year-old societal media post. Columnist Allison Pearson says 2 officers came to her location connected Sunday to archer her astir the investigation, but were incapable to accidental which station it acrophobic oregon who had made the complaint. The insubstantial says that this clip past twelvemonth Pearson was posting a batch astir the 7 October attacks connected Israel and the consequent pro-Palestinian protests successful London. Essex Police tells it the probe relates to a now-deleted station and was opened nether laws prohibiting worldly "likely oregon intended to origin radical hatred".

A enactment has "kicked off" implicit the question of who should regenerate Gary Lineker arsenic big of Match of the Day, according to the Sun. The insubstantial says the BBC wants Mark Chapman and Kelly Somers to alternate arsenic hosts, but insiders person told it Chapman isn't keen connected the idea. A root is quoting saying: "It's a headache for the BBC".

And the Financial Times says Saudi Arabia and the UAE person some signalled their committedness to improving relations with Iran arsenic they hole for the instrumentality of Donald Trump arsenic US president. The insubstantial says some countries cheered Trump's much confrontational attack to Iran during his archetypal term, but that they are present progressively alert of their vulnerability to Iranian hostility and keen to debar further tensions. A elder Arab diplomat is quoted saying: "If Trump puts you successful a concern wherever you person to decide, due to the fact that he's going against Iran, it's a large problem".