Tim Farron has said he regrets saying that gay sex is not a sin during interviews last year.

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, an evangelical Christian, was put under pressure during interviews to clarify his position on homosexuality in the run-up to last year's General Election.

After initially failing to clearly answer questions about his stance he told the BBC's Eleanor Garnier in April last year that he did not believe gay sex was a sin.

But he has now said this answer was "not right" and he only gave it because he wanted to end heavy focus on his Christian beliefs.

Speaking to Premier Christian Radio Mr Farron, who quit as leader of the party after the election, said he felt under pressure to say it was not a sin.

"Of course I did. And there are things that I said including that that I regret and there was a sense in which I felt I've got to get this off my table," he said.

"All they wanted to do was talk about my Christian beliefs and I would say foolishly and wrongly attempted to push it away by giving an answer that frankly was not right."