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Subject Church banned from Freshers’ Fair successfully challenges ‘discriminatory’ policy – and other news this week
Date January 23, 2026 6:02 PM
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Friday, 23 January 2026
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Church banned from Freshers’ Fair successfully challenges ‘discriminatory’ policy ([link removed])
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A church that was banned from a university’s freshers event has successfully defended its right to book a stall there, following an intervention from The Christian Institute.


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Academics and public figures call for an end to Uni cancel culture ([link removed])
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Pro-assisted suicide MPs and Peers fear Leadbeater Bill may fall ([link removed])
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Supporters of Kim Leadbeater MP’s assisted suicide Bill are fearful that the proposals may fail due to lack of time.


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Pro-assisted suicide MSP announces change of heart over coercion concerns ([link removed])
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Assisted suicide because of poverty debated in House of Lords scrutiny ([link removed])
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Holyrood must vote on assisted suicide without key safeguards ([link removed])
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Welsh school cleared of ‘inappropriate promotion of Christianity’ ([link removed])
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Claims by secularists that a high school in Wales was improperly promoting Christianity to pupils have been dismissed.





Trans activists hack free speech group in ideologically driven attack ([link removed])
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A free speech organisation has been hacked by a trans activist group that released its recent donor information.






‘I used to gamble for 24 hours at a time’ ([link removed])
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A recovering gambling addict has shared how she stopped food shopping and heating her home to fund her gambling habit.


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36-year-old man committed suicide after being enticed by illegal betting sites ([link removed])
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Ex-Liverpool star to warn footballers in Ireland against gambling harm ([link removed])
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Project spotlights Hannah More’s correspondence with abolitionist Wilberforce ([link removed])
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Letters from writer and Christian campaigner Hannah More (1745-1833) to fellow abolitionist William Wilberforce are now available to view online.





UK’s most premature twins ‘thriving’ at school ([link removed])
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Twins who were born over a week before the abortion limit and given “zero chance of survival” have now started school.




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Health Sec challenged over ‘ideologically driven’ puberty blocker trial ([link removed])
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Ireland’s dangerous ‘K-culture’ escalating demand for drug treatment ([link removed])
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Decline in marriage a ‘concern for Irish Church and State’ ([link removed])
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