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Friday, 9 August 2019

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‘Christians should be free to practise faith’, counter-terror chief says

Conservative religious believers, including Christians, should not be ‘condemned’ for practising their faith, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism police officer has said.

 
 

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Doctors told: Don’t give out cannabis-based drugs for chronic pain

Cannabis-based drugs should not be prescribed to manage chronic pain, draft official guidance says.

 
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Youngest lottery winner: My big win went sour fast

A woman who won nearly £2 million on the National Lottery aged just 16 says she’s happier now the money has gone.

 
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Guide leader axed over trans views begins legal case

A Girlguiding leader who was expelled for saying she believed boys could not become girls is starting legal proceedings against the organisation.

 
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Scottish census U-turn over sex question

Scottish citizens will be asked if they are male or female – and not if they are “non-binary” – in the next census, following an official about-turn.

 
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Planned Parenthood sacked chief for trying to reduce emphasis on abortion

US abortion giant Planned Parenthood sacked its president after she attempted to prioritise activities other than aborting unborn babies.

 
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Christian classic tops survey of most-read books

C S Lewis’s classic Narnia story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has topped a new survey of the most-read fiction books in Britain.

 
 
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FEATURE: The subjective nature of ‘hate crime’

The BBC recently published an article emblazoned with the headline: “Transgender hate crimes recorded by police go up 81%”. That’s clear enough. The police record crimes. Some of those are hate crimes against transgender people. And they’ve gone up by 81 per cent. Right? Wrong.

 
 

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