Bishop of Durham announces plans to retire
Bishop Paul Butler, who will have served as Bishop of Durham for 10 years, will retire at the end of February 2024.
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Body found in cemetery search for grandfather buried in wrong grave for 17 years
The family of Thomas Bell discovered last month that they had been visiting the wrong burial place when gravediggers found a woman's body in the plot.