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Scotland's justice secretary Humza Yousaf has moved to address concerns over his controversial Hate Crime Bill by suggesting the Scottish Government would print "detailed explanatory notes" on freedom of expression provisions when the final Bill is published.
The maintained voluntary aided school run by the Diocese of East Anglia school will be the first state-funded Catholic school in England for more than 10 years, but its admissions policy has angered local residents who fear their child will miss out on a place.
Under current government guidelines churches in England and Wales can hold in-person services, however, many places of worship decided to close given the very high infections rates across the UK. But Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne says churches should have not closed in the first place.
The Foreign Secretary has placed diplomatic pressure on the United Nations to respond to China's "appalling treatment" of the Uighur Muslims and people in Hong Kong.
The message, displayed on an advertising van on the Wirral from the Merseyside force, encouraged people to report hate crime, but warned: "Being offensive is an offence."
A pair of nuns who have so far raised over €77,000 in crowdfunding after being ordered to leave a site in West Cork broke Covid guidelines to attend an exorcism of the Dáil before Christmas.
A comprehensive new bank of academic research shows how shaky the main arguments for faith schools are, say its authors Steven Kettell and Rebecca Vernon.
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