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Friday, 7 February 2025

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Stark warning on assisted suicide Bill: ‘I could have killed myself when I wasn’t terminally ill’

A man who planned to commit suicide when he was told he might have just six months to live has shared his trauma at discovering he was misdiagnosed.

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Psychiatrists: ‘Leadbeater Bill undermines suicide prevention’

Labour MPs criticise Committee’s handling of assisted suicide Bill

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Couples aborted healthy babies after hospital misdiagnoses

Two couples have revealed they had abortions after their unborn children were misdiagnosed with illnesses.

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NI abortion figures rise for third year in a row

Trump reinstates pro-life protections for unborn overseas

Scottish mum ‘utterly shocked’ by sex ed for nine-year-old daughter

A Scottish mum has been left shocked by sex education materials used in her nine-year-old daughter’s school lesson.

Christian fast-food chain keeps Sunday special in NI venture

Chick-fil-A, a US fast-food chain run on Christian principles, has guaranteed that staff at its new store in Northern Ireland will not have to work on Sundays.

MLAs reject attempt to keep men out of women’s prisons

The Northern Ireland Assembly has rejected calls to ensure that men who claim to be female are not housed in women’s jails.

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Bid to compel preferred pronoun use rejected in win for common sense

‘An assault on free speech’: US uni event cancelled by gender ideology activists

Gambling giant unlawfully bombarded suicidal gambler with ads

A gambling giant unlawfully targeted a problem gambler with adverts, the High Court has ruled.

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GPs urged to screen all patients for problem gambling

Muslim politician urges Govt to reject controversial Islamophobia definition

A Labour Party-endorsed definition of Islamophobia should not be allowed to steer Government policy, a senior Muslim politician has warned.

‘Good Samaritan of the skies’ who co-founded Mission Aviation Fellowship dies

Jack Hemmings, the co-founder of Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), has died aged 103.

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