UK News: Bishop stands down after 11 years at helm

The Bishop of Chichester, the Right Reverend Dr John Hind, announced today that he will retire next year.

The Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, have accepted Dr Hind's resignation, which will take effect next April. He will step down after 11 years.

Olympic tickets race is on

The chance to buy more than 1.5 million Olympic tickets opened up today.

There are 1.5 million football, 40,000 volleyball and 8000 freestyle wrestling tickets available on a first-come first-served basis.

They are being offered to the 700,000 applicants who got tickets in April.

Petrol prices see drivers turn away from pumps

Motorists bought one billion fewer litres of petrol and diesel in the first three months of this year compared with the pre-credit crunch January-March 2008 period, AA figures showed today.

Service stations sold 835 million fewer litres of petrol and 247 million fewer litres of diesel in January to March 2011 than in the same period three years earlier.

The AA said the 15.2 per cent dip in petrol sales was caused by austerity and the record fuel prices.

Pat bids farewell to square

EastEnders veteran Pam St Clement is to bow out of Albert Square, more than a quarter of a century after making her debut as no-nonsense Pat.

The actress, 69, one of the longest serving stars of the show, will leave Walford later this year.

Clegg seeks Euro restraint

THE UK must resist "finger-wagging" or acting "triumphalist" over the eurozone crisis, Nick Clegg will say today. The Deputy Prime Minister will claim there is "no room for schadenfreude" over the economic woes that have hit single currency countries.

During a visit to Paris he will call for all states to "do more" to ensure Europe's banks are "properly capitalised".

Morecambe Bay: One of the UK's most-threatened butterflies could benefit from a new nature reserve designed to meet its specific needs, conservationists said today.

Butterfly Conservation said opening the reserve could secure the future of the high brown fritillary.

Liverpool: A former soap star will appear in court today charged with the murder of a nightclub doorman.

Brian Regan, 53, who played Terry Sullivan in Brookside, is accused of the murder of Bahman Faraji. The father-of-one, 44, was shot dead as he left the Belgrave public house on February 24.