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Subject Govt rejects call to criminalise smacking in England – and other news this week
Date April 19, 2024 2:56 PM
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The Westminster Government has confirmed that it does not plan to ban smacking in England, following pressure to criminalise parents...
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Govt rejects call to criminalise smacking in England ([link removed])
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The Westminster Government has confirmed that it does not plan to ban smacking in England, following pressure to criminalise parents who reasonably chastise their children.



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Private clinicians who supply trans drugs to under-16s could be ‘struck off’ ([link removed])
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The Health Secretary has announced a crackdown on private clinics that attempt to prescribe puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to under-16s.


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Sandyford clinic pauses trans drugs for new patients under 18 ([link removed])
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Pro-life speaker suffers ‘verbal abuse’ as students fail to shut down event ([link removed])
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Pro-life students at the University of Manchester had to receive police protection when a “screaming pro-abortion mob” tried to shut down an event.



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Poll: Over half of adults oppose decriminalisation of abortion ([link removed])
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Staff celebrated social transitioning of child behind parents’ backs ([link removed])
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A school that secretly championed the social transitioning of a vulnerable teenager has left the girl’s parents reeling.



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Keir Starmer backs barring trans players from women’s sport ([link removed])
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Idaho Governor ensures schools can’t be forced to use trans pronouns ([link removed])
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Legalising assisted suicide in Scotland would cross a ‘bright red moral line’ ([link removed])
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Church leaders in Scotland have warned MSPs that backing Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill would create a society where human lives could be graded according to their “usefulness”.



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The Irish Government’s hate speech Bill has become “a runaway train” which needs to be halted in its tracks, according to the man who first instigated the changes.



Scot Govt urged to scrap ‘trans-affirming’ conversion practices law ([link removed])
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The Scottish Government has been told to ditch its plans for a new law on ‘conversion practices’ over concerns it could push gender-confused children “down a medicalised pathway”.



Man who started betting at 8 years old gambled away over £100k ([link removed])
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A man who started gambling when he was just 8 years old has called for parents to be better educated on the dangers of betting.



Masters champion: ‘My victory is secure on the cross’ ([link removed])
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The world’s top golfer has emphasised that whether he wins or loses, his identity is ‘secure forever’ in Jesus.



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