Peter Schmeichel now regards Manchester City as a “bigger club” than their bitter rivals United based on recent form.

From his stylish living room overlooking St Peter’s Square, Cardinal Walter Kasper doesn’t come off as a figure at the centre of one of the greatest storms swirling in Catholicism in decades.

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Joe Hart has admitted he finds it “hard to see the positives” of being rested and said he is relishing the challenge of fighting for his place.

THE teacher of one of the children believed to have been killed after their father went on a knife rampage on Jersey described them as “little angels” yesterday.

A man suspected of killing six people, including his wife and two young children, has been described by friends as a “really good father”.

A suspect has died after a shooting at a high school in Omaha, Nebraska, police said.

THE level of anxiety ahead of the Pope’s visit to Britain meant anything short of a disaster would be seen as something of a success from the Vatican’s point of view.

Pope Benedict XVI flew in to Scotland today to begin the first papal state visit to the UK.

TENSIONS surrounding the Pope’s visit to Scotland and England intensified last night as one of his key advisers compared Britain to the Third World.

Pope Benedict XVI has opened the church’s solemn Holy Week amid increasing questions about his own handling of cases of sexual abuse of children by priests.

A top Vatican Cardinal is calling for “house cleaning” and urging the Catholic Church to be more alert and brave in dealing with cases of clerical sex abuse.

Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Shay Given from Newcastle for an undisclosed fee.

THE Vatican has condemned the Church of England’s decision to allow women to become bishops.

Manchester City keeper Kasper Schmeichel is on the brink of a one-month loan deal with Cardiff.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has signed a new four-year deal with Manchester City.

Kasper Schmeichel has been told he will remain Manchester City's first-choice goalkeeper even though experienced Andreas Isaksson is back in full training.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce is ready to let Kasper Schmeichel leave Eastlands on loan at some stage next month.

JUSTIN LANGER believes Australia’s selectors have been left with a headache when they choose the bowling attack for this week’s fourth Ashes Test.

ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan admitted England’s Ashes hopes almost disappeared at Edgbaston after his side hung on for a nailbiting two-run second Test win against Australia to level the five-match series at 1-1.

POPE John Paul II said he hoped the return of a precious icon to the Russian Orthodox Church would hasten “mutual understanding and reconciliation” between the Roman Catholic Church and its eastern counterpart.

Manchester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is in line for his first international call-up after impressing Denmark Under-18 boss Hans Brun Larsen.

In the week he celebrated mass in the Vatican with the Blair family, the Pope today appeared to attack Tony Blair over Iraq.