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  • Times (£): Police investigate seven-year-olds in sexting epidemic
    April 12th, 2017

    Thousands of children have been investigated by police for sending sexual imagery online and on their phones, an analysis has revealed.

    Children as young as seven have been the subject of police action as evidence mounts of a "sexting" epidemic among British youth.

    Almost 3,500 investigations into sexting by under-18s have been opened by 25 police forces over the past four years, according to data provided under the Freedom of Information Act. Just over half of Britain's forces replied to the request and showed that they were working on more than 1,000 cases per year.

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  • Telegraph: Chechnya accused of detaining and torturing dozens of gay men
    April 11th, 2017

    Dzens of gay men detained in a crackdown on homosexuality in Chechnya have been imprisoned and tortured in illegal detention facilities, human rights groups believe.

    "Credible reports" have emerged of number of individuals, including those suspected of being homosexuals, are being detained unofficially in a former military base on the outskirts of Argun, some 19 kilometers outside of the capital Grozny, Human Rights Watch told the Telegraph.

    The facility has also been used to hold suspected drug dealers and followers of Salafi Islam, the ultra conservative branch of Islam, who are often accused of involvement in terrorism.

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  • BHA: BHA welcomes pharmacists agreeing to put needs of service users first
    April 11th, 2017

    The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has today announced the outcome of its consultation on revising the pharmacists' standards, in order to ensure that pharmacists' religious beliefs cannot disrupt person-centred care. The GPhC has decided to go ahead with the changes. The British Humanist Association (BHA) met with the GPhC during the consultation process and responded to the consultation, and has today welcomed the news of the decision.

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  • CMF: Egg freezing is not all it's cracked up to be
    April 11th, 2017

    A Daily Telegraph article recently asked: 'Motherhood on ice: has the egg-freezing generation of working women been misled?'

    That's an easy question to answer: Yes!

    The massively profitable egg-freezing industry has an appallingly low 'success' rate, yet still tempts thousands of women to take this route because they know their 'biological clock' is running down.

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  • ADF: Sweden fails to protect human rights of medical staff
    April 11th, 2017

    Should a midwife have to choose between following her conscience or pursuing her career? On 12 April 2017 the Swedish Labour Court of Appeal, in refusing to protect freedom of conscience, found that midwives could be asked to make that choice. The judgment contradicts international law protecting conscientious objection. Ellinor Grimmark, a Swedish midwife who filed the appeal, must now decide whether to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.

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  • PR Week: CofE comms director Arun Arora steps down to become vicar
    April 11th, 2017

    It was announced in December that Arora would move to become the vicar of St Nicholas Church in Durham, with the bishop of the city saying it would represent a "return to familiar territory" for Arora, who was ordained as a minister in 2007.

    Arora officially stepped down on Friday 7 April. He has been replaced on an interim basis by deputy director of comms Rachel Harden and head of financial comms Mark Arena.

    Arora was appointed to the role in 2012, having been priest team leader at Wolverhampton Pioneer Ministries for two years prior to this. He was also director of comms for the Archbishop of York John Sentamu between 2006 and 2009, his LinkedIn profile states.

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  • Christian Today: 'Love, even when we disagree': Archbishop of Canterbury urges radical Christian unity
    April 11th, 2017

    The Archbishop of Canterbur, Justin Welby, made an impassioned plea for Christian unity at the weekend, saying he hopes the Church can show the world it's possible to 'love, even when you disagree passionately'.

    Welby was speaking at the Christian festival Spring Harvest 2017, which this year is titled 'One for All', emphasising a message of unity.

    On Sunday morning the Archbishop gave a sometimes light-hearted address in which he explained 'the advantages of forgetting about unity'. Forgetting about the project of unity, Welby said, included the benefits of fewer meetings, more energy, more pleasure, simplicity and comforting familiarity.

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  • The Wea Flea: If there is no Resurrection – you're following a Dead Christ
    April 11th, 2017

    A report came out this weekend stating that 25% of British Christians don't believe in the resurrection, whilst 10% of non-religious people did! Christian Today asked me to write a response to this – you can read the edited version – Here

    It had all been going so well for Paul. He had got the attention of the philosophers and the religious leaders. He had spoken about their idols and the God who created the universe. He cited their poets, argued for Gods sovereignty and called on them to repent…and then he went and screwed it up by mentioning the resurrection "he has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead" (Acts 17:31b). And the sneering began – although some wanted to hear more. A few people became Christians.

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  • Huffington Post: Parents' fights may cause more harm than divorce tokids: Study
    April 11th, 2017

    If you're going to fight, fight fair.

    Plenty of research over the years has shown how a divorce can negatively affect the couple's children, but some new evidence out of the U.K. hypothesizes that it isn't the divorce itself that causes problems, but rather the fighting that came before it.

    In a paper presented at the Royal Economic Society this week, researcher Gloria Moroni noted that most of the behavioural damage seen in children of divorce was there before the split even happened.

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  • GOV UK: News story: Ofsted welcomes new Chair
    April 11th, 2017

    Welcoming the appointment of the new Chair of the Ofsted Board, Amanda Spielman, HMCI said:

    "I am very pleased that Professor Julius Weinberg will be joining Ofsted as the Chair of our non-executive board."

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