Scotland’s largest grant-making trust has formally apologised to two Christian groups for unlawful religious discrimination against them.
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Multimillion-pound trust admits religious discrimination against church groups ([link removed])
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Scotland’s largest grant-making trust has formally apologised to two Christian groups for unlawful religious discrimination against them.


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Over 700 church leaders urge Govt to protect churches from ‘conversion therapy’ ban ([link removed])
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More than 700 Christian ministers and pastoral workers have called on the Minister for Women and Equalities to ensure that the ordinary work of churches is not caught by a ban on so-called conversion therapy.


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Govt extends ‘conversion therapy’ ban consultation ([link removed])
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CI blasts Scot Govt’s explicit sex census for teens ([link removed])
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Children as young as 14 are to be asked explicit questions about their sexual experiences by the Scottish Government – a move blasted by The Christian Institute.


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Children’s Commissioner’s call to pause sex survey ignored by Scot Govt ([link removed])
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Man given just 6 months to live 19 years ago thankful assisted suicide is illegal ([link removed])
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A man who outlived two terminal illness diagnoses has written to The Daily Telegraph to warn against introducing assisted suicide to the UK.



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‘Girls who don’t like dolls being pushed to swap sex’, says top psychiatrist ([link removed])
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A senior psychiatrist who served as a staff governor for an NHS gender identity clinic for children has accused it of adopting a “rigid” and “simplistic” approach to treatment.


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Civil servants received ‘ideological and unscientific’ trans training ([link removed])
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Hundreds of nurses tell regulator to ditch Stonewall ([link removed])
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Royal College of Midwives apologises after ditching ‘mother’ ([link removed])
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Thousands of women require hospital treatment after DIY abortion pills ([link removed])
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Complications due to abortion pills have led to one in seventeen women in England taking them needing hospital treatment, a freedom of information (FOI) investigation has revealed.


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Columnist: ‘Prostitution is inherently dangerous and exploitative’ ([link removed])
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Decriminalising prostitution would increase the extent of the sex trade and endanger women further, a columnist has warned.


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Drug death toll reaches unprecedented level in US ([link removed])
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Provisional figures released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have revealed a staggering rise in drug related deaths for 2020.


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Scores of MPs and peers call on Govt to keep gambling reform promises ([link removed])
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More than 160 MPs and peers have called on the Government to introduce new gambling reforms.


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Masks not required for singing in churches ([link removed])
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Churchgoers will not be required to wear masks while singing in churches in England, new Government guidance has confirmed.



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FEATURE: Fifteen years of helping protect Christian religious freedom ([link removed])
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This week marked the 15th anniversary of our Legal Defence Fund.



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FEATURE: Breaking up not so hard to do with DIY divorces ([link removed])
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In October, a judge dismissed 28 divorce applications because they were identical.




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