Among those named by history’s first Latin American pope were the heads of several major dioceses and archdioceses in South America.

Taoiseach Simon Harris was speaking after a report that Russian intelligence recruited an Irish politician as an agent.

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the Government was ‘updating the rules’ to reflect post-election public expectations.

Ian Paterson is serving a 20-year jail sentence after carrying out unnecessary and unapproved procedures on more than 1,000 breast cancer patients.

Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell also criticised the move as ‘not a deal’ which previous Conservative foreign secretaries would ...