She will be working alongside the Board’s deputy chairs: the lead bishops for racial justice — the Bishop of Croydon, Dr Rosemarie Mallett, and the Bishop of Kirkstall, the Rt Revd Arun Arora — who were appointed in March (News, 21 March). THE Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Revd Philip North; the Bishop of Lancaster, the Rt Revd Dr Jill Duff; and the Bishop of Burnley, Dr Joe Kennedy, in a joint statement, have welcomed the Government’s “vital” announcement of new investment in towns across Lancashire. THE Royal School of Church Music and the Cathedral Music Trust have announced the recipients of this year’s Church Choir Awards.