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Friday, 23 January 2026

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Church banned from Freshers’ Fair successfully challenges ‘discriminatory’ policy

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

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Pro-assisted suicide MPs and Peers fear Leadbeater Bill may fall

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

Assisted suicide because of poverty debated in House of Lords scrutiny

Holyrood must vote on assisted suicide without key safeguards

Welsh school cleared of ‘inappropriate promotion of Christianity’

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

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’

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

Ex-Liverpool star to warn footballers in Ireland against gambling harm

Project spotlights Hannah More’s correspondence with abolitionist Wilberforce

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

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

Ireland’s dangerous ‘K-culture’ escalating demand for drug treatment

Decline in marriage a ‘concern for Irish Church and State’

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