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If Boris Johnson wants to unite Britain he should be wary of backing a policy that allows discrimination by religion, says Rachel Sylvester in response to council officials' recommendation that a new Roman Catholic primary school in Peterborough be opened.
Parents will no longer have the right to withdraw children from lessons about relationships, sexuality and religion, the Welsh Government has confirmed.
A Co Antrim church has criticised the new same-sex marriage arrangements, as couples who wish to marry in a religious ceremony are currently "being denied the right to do so".
Ofsted said Gateshead Jewish Primary School, now known as Keser Torah Boys' School, did not meet independent school standards because its leadership confirmed that "pupils would not be taught about different sexual orientations or gender identity".
Labour leadership candidate Jess Phillips says "for every step forward - from the earliest birth control clinics in the 1920s to the referendum result in Ireland in 2018 - there have been people wanting to pull us backwards."
Last year, according to statistics released under Freedom of Information legislation, there were 1205 crimes recorded by Police Scotland where sexual orientation was an aggravator.
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