Christian assemblies in schools are under threat from a decision to allow sixth-formers to opt out, the Archbishop of Wales warned yesterday.
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August 8th, 2009
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August 8th, 2009
The number of pupils excluded from school is rising. In the latest in our series on fixing Broken Britain, Paul Kendall visits an academy tackling some of the toughest troublemakers?with boxing skills.
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August 7th, 2009
The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for urgent action after it estimated 30 people died waiting for organ transplants in Wales in a year.
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August 7th, 2009
The firing of rockets in Israel by Hamas militants in Gaza amounts to a war crime, says Human Rights Watch.
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August 7th, 2009
A law allowing 16-year-olds to opt out of prayers in assembly devalues and marginalises religion in schools, Dr Barry Morgan, the Archbishop of Wales, has warned.
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August 7th, 2009
The number of people being declared insolvent has hit a new record in England and Wales.
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August 7th, 2009
A woman left infertile by treatment for cancer faces losing her last chance of having children again after narrowly missing out on a rule change that would have prevented her frozen embryos being destroyed.
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August 7th, 2009
There is mounting pressure on the gov?ernment in Pakistan to do more to protect Christians, after a massacre in the Punjab town of Gojra, Faisalabad, on Saturday, left at least seven dead and scores of homes burnt.
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August 7th, 2009
The government is considering giving time for a bill to allow assisted suicide.
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August 7th, 2009
A play portraying Jesus as a transsexual is set to run in a Glasgow Theatre?funded by the same public body behind an exhibition inviting the public to deface the Bible.