, calling it "misjudged and certainly misinformed".

The judge added: “If he continues to refuse to engage with proceedings then proceedings will go ahead in his absence.“He must be reminded about the consequences of not being bothered to engage next time.”

The prison staff member told the court McSweeney had also refused to sign failure-to-attend documents.McSweeney and Ms Jones have been accused of having an inappropriate relationship at HMP Belmarsh.Ms Jones, of Strood in Kent, who appeared in person, is accused of misconduct in public office between March 2023 and April 2023.

McSweeney has been charged with encouraging or assisting the commission of an indictable offence.No pleas to the charges were entered and the case has been adjourned until 31 October.

A man who shared "horrific" videos of baby monkeys being tortured has been jailed.

Peter Stanley, 42, from Liverpool, posted three Facebook videos showing long-tailed macaques being abused."There is a sense that in the voice of the pope, there's a voice of something that is needed," says Cardinal Nichols. "For some people it's a moral compass, for some people it's the sense of being accepted, for some people it's the insistence that we must look at things from the point of view of the poorest.

"That's a voice that has fallen silent and our task is to find someone who can carry that forward."From the death of Pope Francis to the moment cardinals checked into the Santa Marta guesthouse and its overflow residences, there appeared to be a trend towards a desire for continuity of what Pope Francis had achieved.

Though perhaps that vision of continuity is one that could bring along more of his sceptics, in a way that was pragmatic. The word "unity" has been talked of a lot, after a period where the divides between supporters and detractors of the Pope's vision could sometimes become ugly.But in the end, when they step into the Sistine Chapel, the holiest of voting chambers, for all the pragmatism they may have taken into consideration before they cast their ballot, they will be urged to let God and the Holy Spirit guide them.