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• Health Sec challenged over ‘ideologically driven’ puberty blocker trial

  22-01-2026 11:12 via christian.org.uk
  The planned puberty blocker trial legitimises transgender ideology and should be abandoned, concerned parents have warned.
  
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• 36-year-old man committed suicide after being enticed by illegal betting sites

  22-01-2026 10:53 via christian.org.uk
  A coroner has called for better awareness of the “risks” posed by illegal gambling sites after a 36-year-old man committed suicide.
  
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• Welsh school cleared of 'inappropriate promotion of Christianity'

  21-01-2026 17:06 via christian.org.uk
  Claims by secularists that a high school in Wales was improperly promoting Christianity to pupils have been dismissed.
  
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• Pro-assisted suicide MSP announces change of heart over coercion concerns

  21-01-2026 13:19 via christian.org.uk
  Audrey Nicoll MSP has announced her withdrawal of support for Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill.
  
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• 'I used to gamble for 24 hours at a time'

  21-01-2026 12:38 via christian.org.uk
  A recovering gambling addict has shared how she stopped food shopping and heating her home to fund her gambling habit.
  
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• Catholic cardinals warn US foreign policy under Trump risks global suffering

  20-01-2026 15:44
  Church leaders cite Greenland threats, Venezuela action and aid cuts as undermining human dignity and peaceThree cardinals in the US Catholic church have criticized the Trump administration’s foreign policy, saying its push to obtain or otherwise seize Greenland, recent military action in Venezuela, and cuts to humanitarian aid risk “destroying international relations and plunging the world into incalculable suffering”.“Our country’s moral role in confronting evil a
  
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• Assisted suicide because of poverty debated in House of Lords scrutiny

  20-01-2026 15:21 via christian.org.uk
  The House of Lords debate on assisted suicide has sparked outrage on social media, as poverty was offered up as a valid reason for someone to get help to kill themselves.
  
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• Nasa boldly goes as far away as possible | Brief letters

  19-01-2026 18:53
  Alien lifeforms | Power of prayer | Corned beef | Remembering birthdays | Celebrity old-age homeYour article (Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launchpad in preparation for astronaut flight, 18 January) quotes the crew commander of Artemis II, Reid Wiseman: “They are so fired up that we are headed back to the moon. They just want to see humans as far away from Earth as possible.” I imagine that most of Earth’s lifeforms would agree.
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• Did God fix a football match? Welcome to the great divine intervention debate | Ravi Holy

  19-01-2026 11:00
  Vicars, the devout – and some who are desperate – do a lot of praying to get their wishes fulfilled. But it's complicated by lots of dos and don'ts‘I don’t believe in an interventionist God,” sings Nick Cave in the opening line of his 1997 song, Into My Arms. But Jim Sharma, a football fan who is a devotee of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, very much does – and who can blame him?For the detached, the uninformed and nonsports fans, the issue here is that Wolves had
  
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• Not bowled over by male sports chat | Brief letters

  18-01-2026 18:37
  Cricket analogies | Deep south | Traitors overreaction | Bless my soul | Fit for purposeI’m fed up with reading Guardian articles that make use of male sporting analogies. I have absolutely no idea who Stuart Broad is and I guarantee the majority of women reading your editorial (16 January) wouldn’t either. Therefore your analogy is incomprehensible. Guys, just stop this blokey, pub-style chat and wake up to your female readership, for pity’s sake! It’s well past time.
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• Abortions at highest level ever in England and Wales

  16-01-2026 17:35 via christian.org.uk
  More abortions are taking place in England and Wales than ever before, new statistics show.
  
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• Open Doors reports global rise in Christian persecution

  16-01-2026 17:22 via christian.org.uk
  The number of Christians across the world suffering high levels of persecution and discrimination has reached unprecedented levels.
  
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• Win for Darlington nurses in changing rooms privacy case

  16-01-2026 17:19 via christian.org.uk
  Nurses in Darlington were unlawfully discriminated against by their employers when they were forced to share female-only changing rooms with a man who identified as a woman, an Employment Tribunal has ruled.
  
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• Canada scraps drug decriminalisation policy: ‘It didn’t work’

  16-01-2026 17:13 via christian.org.uk
  Canada’s pilot scheme to decriminalise drugs has failed and will not be renewed, it has been announced.
  
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• US court backs homeless mission’s right to only hire Christians

  16-01-2026 17:11 via christian.org.uk
  A US mission cannot be forced to hire workers who do not agree with its Christian beliefs on sexual ethics, judges have ruled.
  
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• Peers: ‘Online glorification of child sex abuse must end’

  16-01-2026 16:00 via christian.org.uk
  The Government has been urged to ban online pornography glorifying or promoting child sex abuse.
  
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• Babies are still being born addicted to drugs in Scotland

  16-01-2026 14:06 via christian.org.uk
  The number of babies in Scotland to have started out life addicted to alcohol and drugs continues to raise concern.
  
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• UK Govt to criminalise 'disgusting' AI-generated nudes

  16-01-2026 14:03 via christian.org.uk
  Creating explicit deepfake images of people without their consent is to become a criminal offence.
  
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• Mum celebrates ethical stem cell transplant that saved her daughter's life

  15-01-2026 17:14 via christian.org.uk
  A mother who donated umbilical cord blood has shared how the use of such stem cells later saved her own daughter’s life.
  
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• NI universities accused of censoring gender-critical students

  15-01-2026 13:50 via christian.org.uk
  Universities in Northern Ireland risk “silencing” students who uphold the reality of sex, women’s rights campaigners have warned.
  
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• Bible sales reach record high, as Gen Z shows increasing openness

  15-01-2026 12:46 via christian.org.uk
  The number of people buying Bibles reached a record high last year, according to Christian publisher SPCK.
  
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• Stonewall reports ‘spectacular funding implosion’

  15-01-2026 12:15 via christian.org.uk
  Stonewall’s annual report reveals its income has fallen by 40 per cent in four years.
  
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• BPAS slammed for advice that could encourage sex-selective abortions

  13-01-2026 16:44 via christian.org.uk
  The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has been criticised for legitimising sex-selective abortion in Great Britain.
  
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• Christian foster parents lose licence over LGBT affirming policy

  13-01-2026 16:00 via christian.org.uk
  An American Christian couple have lost their fostering licence for not signing an LGBT+ affirming policy.
  
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• German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ provokes fury on right

  13-01-2026 15:25
  Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a
  
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• Bet365 boss pockets £280m as millions harmed by gambling

  12-01-2026 16:37 via christian.org.uk
  Bet365 founder Denise Coates took home around £280 million in pay and dividends last year, it has been reported.
  
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• Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown

  11-01-2026 14:00
  Early Rain pastor said to be among those held in sweep that followed arrests of members of other unregistered churchesLeaders of a prominent underground church have been detained in south-west China, according to a church statement, the latest blow in what appears to be a sweeping crackdown on unregistered Christian groups in the country.On Tuesday, Li Yingqiang, the leader of the Early Rain Covenant Church, was taken by police from his home in Deyang, a small city in Sichuan province, according
  
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• ‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high

  10-01-2026 13:10
  Surge in 2025 sales correlates with growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research showsFor Christian booksellers, any good news about Bible sales has been few and far between. But recent retail figures have shown a revival.Sales of the good book reached a record high in the UK in 2025, increasing by 134% since 2019 – the highest since records began – according to industry research. Last year, total sales of Bibles in the UK reached £6.3m, £3.61m up on 2019 s
  
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• Lords debate judge role in assisted suicide process

  09-01-2026 17:39 via christian.org.uk
  Peers have debated reintroducing judges to the assisted suicide process as fundamental questions about the plans are still being considered.
  
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• Stranger funds teen’s black-market trans drugs

  09-01-2026 14:14 via christian.org.uk
  A concerned mother has told how a chat forum acquaintance paid for her child’s sex-swap drugs.
  
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• Teen who started gambling at 17 ran away from home over £4k debt

  09-01-2026 14:09 via christian.org.uk
  A young man who ran away from home after becoming overwhelmed by thousands of pounds in gambling debts now speaks against the dangers of betting ads.
  
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• Specialist GPs to deliver 'gender-affirming care'

  09-01-2026 12:28 via christian.org.uk
  A new role of ‘Gender Medicine’ GP is to be established, the NHS has announced.
  
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• New archbishop of Canterbury not fit for job, says alleged church abuse victim

  08-01-2026 19:03
  Complainant to appeal against C of E’s dismissal of accusation about Sarah Mullally’s handling of abuse claimAn alleged abuse victim at the centre of a complaint against Sarah Mullally, the incoming archbishop of Canterbury, has said she is not fit for the job after the church dismissed his case.The alleged victim, known as N, told the Guardian he would exercise his right of appeal against a decision on Thursday to take no further action against Mullally, whom he accused of colluding
  
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• Home Secretary faces legal action over hate crime policing

  08-01-2026 17:42 via christian.org.uk
  Free speech campaigner Harry Miller is seeking a judicial review on the way hate crimes are recorded.
  
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• US university blasted for celebrating ‘murderous’ pro-euthanasia alumnus

  08-01-2026 15:49 via christian.org.uk
  University of Michigan Medical School has been urged to reconsider its recognition of a former student and convicted killer for his ‘contribution to patient care’.
  
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• Groundbreaking gene therapy helps fight aggressive cancer

  07-01-2026 13:28 via christian.org.uk
  Patients with a previously incurable blood cancer are benefiting from pioneering ethical gene immunotherapy.
  
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• Rosalía’s Lux is more than epic Catholic pop – it grapples with a world fraught with complexity and crisis | Carlos Delclós

  07-01-2026 06:00
  Behind its lavish ‘nun-core’ aesthetic, the Spanish star’s hit album pushes us to think beyond good and evil – to see that we contain multitudesI went into Lux primed not to like it. Not because I doubt Rosalía’s virtuosic talents or her intense intellectual curiosity, but because the album’s promotional campaign had already done too much work on my nerves. The rollout was relentless: thirsty reels teasing the album on social media, fashion-forward myst
  
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• Betting giant to pay £2m over serious welfare failings

  06-01-2026 17:53 via christian.org.uk
  Paddy Power Betfair has been sanctioned by the industry regulator for systematically failing to protect customers from gambling harm.
  
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• AI ‘nudification’ apps to be made illegal in move to protect children online

  05-01-2026 15:13 via christian.org.uk
  The Government has announced it will ban ‘nudification’ apps, as part of its strategy to tackle violence against women and girls.
  
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• Study finds widespread cocaine pollution in NI rivers and lakes

  05-01-2026 13:02 via christian.org.uk
  Cocaine has been found in Northern Ireland’s lakes and rivers, according to environmental scientists.
  
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• ‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves

  31-12-2025 06:00
  Bereaved relatives say delays over risks at village churchyards are causing distress and call for council actionFamilies of people buried in graves vulnerable to coastal erosion say indecision over how to tackle the problem is causing them avoidable anguish about the final resting places of their loved ones.North Norfolk district council (NNDC) has identified three church graveyards in the villages of Happisburgh, Trimingham, and Mundesley as being at risk of being engulfed by the sea in the com
  
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• Between the old world and the new with Antonio Gramsci and Matthew Arnold | Brief letters

  29-12-2025 18:44
  New world order | Trumpton Riots | Spoof sign | TV viewing stages | Right and wrong of racism | Kemi’s Christmas messagePatrick Wintour begins his excellent article (Into the void: how Trump killed international law, 25 December) with a quotation from Antonio Gramsci: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born.” This idea is frequently attributed to Gramsci but surely, as a critical sociologist, he must have been aware of Matthew Arnold’s lines: &ldqu
  
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• Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond

  28-12-2025 09:00
  C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel messageGary made sure he got to Whitehall early for the “unite the kingdom” (UTK) outdoor carol service in the run-up to Christmas. After about 150,000 people turned up for thelast rally called by Tommy Robinson in September, the leader of the anti-migrant far-right movement, he wanted to be sure of a prime position.He needn’t have worried. About 1,500 people – perhaps 1% o
  
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• Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?

  26-12-2025 15:29
  Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourageAfter spending weeks accusing Nigeria’s government of failing to tackle the persecution of Christians, Donald Trump announced a series of strikes on the west African country on Christmas Day.The strikes, targeting Islamic State militants in the country’s north, mark the latest overseas military intervention from Trump, who campaigned o
  
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• King Charles calls for reconciliation and unity in Christmas message

  25-12-2025 16:10
  Monarch urges people to draw strength from community diversity after a year marked by division and violenceKing Charles has called for reconciliation after a year of deepening division, saying in his Christmas address that people must find strength in the diversity of their communities to ensure right defeats wrong.The monarch cited the spirit of the second world war generation, which he said came together to take on the challenge that faced them; displaying qualities he said have shaped both th
  
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• Immigration debate ‘dividing us’, incoming archbishop of Canterbury warns in Christmas sermon

  25-12-2025 12:30
  Sarah Mullally says ‘national conversations … continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us’The incoming archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that “our national conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us”.Acting in her current role as the bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally told St Paul’s Cathedral: “Joy is born exactly where despair expects to triumph. A
  
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• Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas Eve message

  24-12-2025 23:29
  Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve massPope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...
  
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• A key question for every believer: does God approve of Santa Claus? I hope so, or I’m in trouble | Ravi Holy

  24-12-2025 13:00
  The great Santa deception arguably breaches the ninth commandment (‘Thou shalt not bear false witness’). I think God would cut us some slackWhen I was first ordained, an older priest gave me three commandments for a successful ministry: one, try not to upset the flower ladies; two, don’t preach pacifism on Remembrance Sunday; and, three – and most important – never tell children that Santa isn’t real.If only someone had had that talk with RevDr Paul Chamberlai
  
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• John MacArthur - The Christmas Message

  24-12-2025 11:26 via christian.org.uk
  The coming of the Messiah was prophesied hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. Though Jesus’ entry into the world was inauspicious, he was born to be a king.
  
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• Rico Tice – Good news of great joy

  24-12-2025 11:23 via christian.org.uk
  When an angel appeared to shepherds, telling them “I bring you good news of great joy”, what was that good news, and what was the great joy of which they spoke?
  
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