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Every school will receive backing from the government on teaching pupils about same-sex relationships, the education secretary has said. But Gavin Williamson
appears to have stopped short of saying that primaries have to cover same-sex relationships.
The archbishop of Canterbury, who has been approached by some MPs to chair a 'citizens' forum' on Brexit, has urged Remainers to "stop whingeing" and accept
the result of the 2016 referendum.
Moves to ban loyalist and republican marches after disorder in the Govan area of Glasgow would erode human rights, an expert on sectarianism has claimed.
At least 17 people die in pain every day in Britain despite the best efforts of medical staff. The findings have led to campaigners stepping up calls for
assisted dying to be legalised.
Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan on a blasphemy charge, has spoken about some of the damage done by Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
An anti-racism group says there was a "significant spike" in recorded anti-Muslim incidents following Boris Johnson's comparison between women in burkas and
letterboxes.
The death of a disgraced Buddhist guru accused of using devotees as his sexual playthings has highlighted the scandal that has engulfed his British
followers.
Dozens of women are serving decades-long sentences in traditionally Catholic El Salvador for miscarriages and stillbirths, often as a result of rape, with
some handcuffed to a bed while they are still haemorrhaging.
An NSS report has called for an end to religious appointees on council education committees in Scotland. Neil Barber says it's long past time for these
positions to go.
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