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Friday, 9 January 2026
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Lords debate judge role in assisted suicide process ([link removed])
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Peers have debated reintroducing judges to the assisted suicide process as fundamental questions about the plans are still being considered.


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Home Secretary faces legal action over hate crime policing ([link removed])
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Free speech campaigner Harry Miller is seeking a judicial review on the way hate crimes are recorded.



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Teen who started gambling at 17 ran away from home over £4k debt ([link removed])
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A young man who ran away from home after becoming overwhelmed by thousands of pounds in gambling debts now speaks against the dangers of betting ads.


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Betting giant to pay £2m over serious welfare failings ([link removed])
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US university blasted for celebrating ‘murderous’ pro-euthanasia alumnus ([link removed])
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University of Michigan Medical School has been urged to reconsider its recognition of a former student and convicted killer for his ‘contribution to patient care’.



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Specialist GPs to deliver ‘gender-affirming care’ ([link removed])
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A new role of ‘Gender Medicine’ GP is to be established, the NHS has announced.


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Stranger funds teen’s black-market trans drugs ([link removed])
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Study finds widespread cocaine pollution in NI rivers and lakes ([link removed])
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Cocaine has been found in Northern Ireland’s lakes and rivers, according to environmental scientists.


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AI ‘nudification’ apps to be made illegal in move to protect children online ([link removed])
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The Government has announced it will ban ‘nudification’ apps, as part of its strategy to tackle violence against women and girls.


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Groundbreaking gene therapy helps fight aggressive cancer ([link removed])
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Patients with a previously incurable blood cancer are benefiting from pioneering ethical gene immunotherapy.




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