Race Row Embroils Church of England

Already split over women bishops and gay rights, the Church of England has stumbled into a damaging race row over who to choose as spiritual leader of the 80-million strong Anglican Communion.

Since Rowan Williams announced in March that he was to step down as Archbishop of Canterbury, the bookies' favourite has been John Sentamu, the charismatic Archbishop of York - the only black bishop in the mother church of the Anglican Communion.