The former long-time President of Guinea, Lansana Conte, is buried five days after his death triggered a coup.

Was one of the executed Gunpowder Plotters an innocent victim of circumstance? As effigies of Guy Fawkes again go up in flames, has the time come to rectify a 400-year-old miscarriage of justice?

The BBC's Allan Little suggests that Thomas Jefferson's secret relationship to his slaves still defines America.

A funeral is held for a decorated Warwickshire soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.

King's Apostle wins the Diadem Stakes at Ascot ahead of Diabolical.

South Africa's first black sommelier is being trained in London - after this boxer turned shelf stacker won a tasting competition.

Halfway to Heaven wins the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his 17th Group One triumph of the season.

Actor Matthew McConaughey and his Brazilian girlfriend Camilla Alves have a baby son named Levi.

The Vatican says allowing women bishops will be an "obstacle" to reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic churches.

The Church of England's ruling General Synod has voted to consecrate women as bishops, but who were the main voices in the debate, and what did they want?

Thirteen churches across the West Midlands are to benefit from almost £1m funding for repairs.

A senior cleric urges the Church of England Synod to resolve its dispute over ordaining women bishops.

The Church of England is facing some tough decisions about women bishops and converting other faiths as its ruling Synod meets in York

Kingsgate Native becomes the first British-trained Group One winner of the week after triumphing in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Why the loss of biodiversity and abandonment of ecology-friendly farming undermine attempts to feed the world.

The first stage of a two-year programme of repair work starts at Lincoln Cathedral.

The Pope describes a bible that has taken almost a decade to write by hand as a 'work for eternity'.

A footballing priest from Burkina Faso is sent off in a church tournament for throwing his shirt at the referee in Italy.

Gordon Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, dies, aged 97.

A Zambian archbishop thrown out of the Catholic Church for marrying returns to Rome to launch his autobiography.