What will Victorian novelists do now that their best choice of uncious creep character is being taken away from them?
Anglican priests may no longer have a "job for life" under proposals being considered by church leaders. The General Synod of the Church of England is set to discuss a move to allow the sacking of incompetent or lazy priests at a conference. The present system, known as parson's freehold, only allows bishops to remove clergy over a serious breach of trust.
