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• BBC journalists reminded to uphold impartiality by including 'offensive views'

  03-07-2025 14:57 via christian.org.uk
  The BBC has emphasised that its journalists must cover “attitudes and opinions which some may find unpalatable or offensive”.
  
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• Prime Minister urged to tackle harmful gambling advertising

  16-12-2025 16:16 via christian.org.uk
  Children must be protected from the harms caused by gambling advertising, Labour MP Dr Beccy Cooper has told the Prime Minister.
  
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• Pastor in court over abortion buffer zone Gospel service

  15-12-2025 18:12 via christian.org.uk
  A retired Christian pastor faces trial in Coleraine Magistrate’s Court this week accused of breaching Northern Ireland’s controversial abortion buffer zone laws by preaching on John 3:16.
  
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• House of Lords seeks to protect pregnant women from assisted suicide

  12-12-2025 17:45 via christian.org.uk
  Peers have warned that Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill endangers pregnant women and their unborn children.
  
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• Two mothers now allowed on Jersey birth certificates

  12-12-2025 15:17 via christian.org.uk
  Two women can now be named on a birth certificate in Jersey, in a change that allows same-sex couples and those using surrogacy to alter the legal document.
  
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• 'Marriage is the safest place for men and women' to avoid domestic violence

  12-12-2025 14:02 via christian.org.uk
  Marriage reduces the risk of being the victim of domestic violence, new figures suggest.
  
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• Aontú leader: 'The definition of woman is an obvious scientific fact'

  11-12-2025 17:19 via christian.org.uk
  The leader of Aontú has criticised TDs for allowing debates on gender confusion to be “driven by ideology”.
  
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• Five-year-olds taught abortion is a ‘superpower’ in children’s picture book

  11-12-2025 17:11 via christian.org.uk
  Abortion activists have published a children’s book to promote abortion to five to eight-year olds.
  
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• Partial win for gender-critical nurse in NHS Fife employment tribunal

  10-12-2025 17:27 via christian.org.uk
  A Scottish nurse was harassed by her employer after expressing gender critical views, an employment tribunal has found.
  
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• Hundreds of parents criminalised under Wales' smacking ban

  10-12-2025 17:15 via christian.org.uk
  Over three hundred parents have been referred for ‘re-education’ as a result of Wales’ smacking ban, it has been revealed.
  
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• Labour blocks men from women's conference

  10-12-2025 14:36 via christian.org.uk
  Men who identify as women will no longer be able to participate in the main events of Labour’s National Women’s Conference.
  
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• 'It's fantastic': Arsenal's 'Bible Brothers' praise God together

  10-12-2025 12:29 via christian.org.uk
  Arsenal’s group of ‘Bible Brothers’ is a “real blessing” as they support each other in the Christian faith, winger Noni Madueke has said.
  
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• Northern Ireland reports record number of abortions

  09-12-2025 16:13 via christian.org.uk
  The number of abortions in Northern Ireland has reached its highest levels since the law was liberalised in 2020.
  
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• Peers oppose changes that would ‘water down’ assisted suicide safeguards

  05-12-2025 18:30 via christian.org.uk
  Peers warned against “watering down” safeguards in continued scrutiny of the assisted suicide Bill for England and Wales.
  
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• Belfast councillors rethink noise restriction on street preaching

  05-12-2025 17:23 via christian.org.uk
  A byelaw in Belfast which limits the volume of street preaching will be redrafted, after being rejected by councillors.
  
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• Faith amid suffering: Johanna Watkins

  05-12-2025 17:22 via christian.org.uk
  Johanna Watkins, a Christian woman who had a rare long-term illness, has died, leaving a legacy of steadfast faith.
  
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• The Women’s Institute to restrict membership to women

  05-12-2025 15:55 via christian.org.uk
  The Women’s Institute has announced it will ban men who identify as women from membership from April 2026.
  
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• Girlguiding ditches trans-inclusive policy for new members

  04-12-2025 17:18 via christian.org.uk
  New membership of Girlguiding will be restricted to girls and young women, the organisation has announced.
  
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• Labour suggested backing assisted suicide Bill pre-election

  04-12-2025 17:15 via christian.org.uk
  Leaked documents reveal the Labour Party considered using its influence to legalise assisted suicide via a Private Member’s Bill (PMB), rather than as Government policy.
  
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• Councils call on TfL to ban gambling ads on the Tube

  04-12-2025 16:44 via christian.org.uk
  Five London councils have called on Sir Sadiq Khan to ban adverts for casinos and gambling companies on the Underground.
  
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• Stormont backs baby loss certificate scheme

  04-12-2025 16:30 via christian.org.uk
  Parents in Northern Ireland who have lost their unborn child through miscarriage will soon be eligible for a baby loss certificate.
  
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• TDs urged to protect children from ‘dangerous ideologies’

  04-12-2025 12:14 via christian.org.uk
  Improved measures are needed to help keep children safe from “dangerous ideologies and political activism”, Dáil Éireann has been told.
  
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• Pro-assisted suicide Peers call for ‘death doulas’

  02-12-2025 17:50 via christian.org.uk
  Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill should legislate for ‘death doulas’ under a new ‘national assisted suicide service’, two Peers have recommended.
  
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• Lecturer branded ‘transphobic’ over Harry Potter lab music

  02-12-2025 16:50 via christian.org.uk
  Claims that a university lecturer was “transphobic” for playing Harry Potter soundtracks in his laboratory classes have been dismissed.
  
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• Pope Leo tells Lebanese leaders 'peace is a desire and a vocation' – video

  30-11-2025 19:49
  Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech in Lebanon on Sunday where he repeated his call for representatives to do their part to help achieve peace in the region. Speaking in a room with several senior government and religious figures, the pope praised the Lebanese people for their resilience, adding: 'You always know how to rise again with courage'Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to make peace highest priority Continue reading...
  
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• Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to make peace highest priority

  30-11-2025 19:09
  Pontiff tells politicians and religious heads they must persevere with peace efforts despite facing ‘highly complex, conflictual’ situationPope Leo has urged political leaders in Lebanon to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal as he is visiting the country, which remains a target of Israeli airstrikes, on the second leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.Leo, the first US pope, arrived in Beirut on Sunday from a four-day visit to Turkey where he said that
  
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• Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media

  28-11-2025 17:01
  Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials sayThree octogenarian nuns who gained a global following after breaking out of their care home and moving back to their abandoned convent near Salzburg have been given leave to stay in the nunnery “until further notice” – on condition they stay off social media, church officials have said.The rebel sisters – Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, 82, all former teachers
  
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• Christian Institute Chairman Revd Dr Richard Turnbull promoted to glory

  28-11-2025 16:30 via christian.org.uk
  The Christian Institute’s Chairman, Revd Dr Richard Turnbull, has died aged 65. He had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
  
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• Holyrood's controversial assisted suicide Bill moves towards final stage

  28-11-2025 16:01 via christian.org.uk
  MSPs have rushed through debates on scores of amendments to Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill, the majority of the Committee choosing to reject most attempts by fellow MSPs to address problems with it.
  
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• ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine’ voted nation’s favourite school assembly hymn

  28-11-2025 14:27 via christian.org.uk
  Brits have chosen Graham Kendrick’s hymn, ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine’, as their all-time school favourite, according to a BBC Songs of Praise poll.
  
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