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Friday, 5 December 2025

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Leaked documents reveal the Labour Party considered using its influence to legalise assisted suicide via a Private Member’s Bill (PMB), rather than as Government policy.

 
 

The insidious romanticising of assisted suicide

 

‘Ban gambling ads on the Tube’

 
 

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New membership of Girlguiding will be restricted to girls and young women, the organisation has announced.

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The Women’s Institute to restrict membership to women

 
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Five London councils have called on Sir Sadiq Khan to ban adverts for casinos and gambling companies on the Underground.

 
Belast City Hall at Christmas

A byelaw in Belfast which limits the volume of street preaching will be redrafted, after being rejected by councillors.

 
School classroom

Improved measures are needed to help keep children safe from “dangerous ideologies and political activism”, Dáil Éireann has been told.

 
Johanna and Scott Watkins

Johanna Watkins, a Christian woman who had a rare long-term illness, has died, leaving a legacy of steadfast faith.

 
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Parents in Northern Ireland who have lost their unborn child through miscarriage will soon be eligible for a baby loss certificate.

 
University of Aberdeen

Claims that a university lecturer was “transphobic” for playing Harry Potter soundtracks in his laboratory classes have been dismissed.

 
 

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