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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 16 February
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** Secularism in the media
* Edinburgh City Council blocks computer searches for information on abortion <[link removed]>
Edinburgh City Council chiefs have been urged to 'join the 21st Century' after it emerged the local authority 'takes an anti-abortion stance' by blocking employees, school children and anyone using council IT equipment from accessing information on abortion.
Edinburgh Evening News*
* Bid to change Northern Ireland’s abortion laws set for Stormont <[link removed]>
The private member's bill is seeking to repeal a specific provision within the region's abortion regulations that allows terminations up to birth in cases of serious non-fatal disabilities.
ITV
* Lawyer criticises COVID ‘advice’ for ultra-Orthodox Jewish weddings <[link removed]>
A human rights barrister has said couples were being offered advice suggesting 'any number of people' can attend celebrations if they have a 'prayer element'.
Mail Online
* Jewish charity gets warning from watchdog over undocumented loans worth £1.9m <[link removed]>
The Charity Commission has issued an official warning to the trustees of a Jewish Orthodox charity in Salford over 49 undocumented loans totalling almost £2 million.
Jewish News
* Funding confirmed for joint Catholic and non-denominational school campus <[link removed]>
The campus will join both Neilston Primary and St Thomas' Primary on one site. Both schools will, however, have separate headteachers and parent-teacher councils.
Barrhead News
* Sacked LGBT veterans can reclaim removed medals <[link removed]>
Ex-military personnel dismissed from the armed forces because of their sexuality can now reclaim lost medals.
BBC
* Offensive comments made at private dinner tables will not be classed as hate crimes <[link removed]>
Offensive dinner table comments made in private will not be classed as hate crimes, with law reform chiefs abandoning plans to extend the offence into homes.
The Telegraph*
* Women need male guardian to travel, says Hamas ‘court’ in Gaza Strip <[link removed]>
A Hamas-run Islamic 'court' in the Gaza Strip has ruled that women require the permission of a male guardian to travel, further restricting movement in and out of the territory that has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt since the militant group seized power.
The Guardian
* Korean pop star criticised for wearing t-shirt with Islamic phrase <[link removed]>
Monsta X rapper I.M has been criticised after promotional images of the K-pop star wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with an Islamic phrase went viral. His agency Starship Entertainment has since issued an apology.
NME
* Two charged under blasphemy law in Pakistan for distributing Christian literature <[link removed]>
Two young Christians have been charged under blasphemy law in Pakistan after distributing Christian literature in a park.
Premier Christian News
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* Apology issued after church accuses residents opposed to faith school <[link removed]>
A Catholic diocese has apologised over a message in a church's newsletter about local opposition to a new faith school in Peterborough.
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