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  • Mail: Pupils aged seven are brainwashed by ISIS
    February 12th, 2017

    Islamic State has produced a series of sick textbooks to help convert innocent children to its twisted ideology, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

    The terror group, which controls territory in Iraq and Syria that is roughly the size of England and Wales, is feared to be indoctrinating almost two million children and teenagers – dubbed the Cubs of the Caliphate – through its schools in the Middle East.

    About 80 British-born children are among them, raising fears that they may later launch ‘lone-wolf’ attacks if they return to the UK.

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  • Gatestone Institute: On Defining Religion by Nonie Darwish
    February 12th, 2017

    What the West does not understand is that Islam admits that government control is central to Islam and that Muslims must, sooner or later, demand to live under an Islamic government.

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  • BBC: Sport must do more to fight homophobia, says report
    February 12th, 2017

    Sport is not doing enough to tackle homophobic abuse and authorities should issue lengthy bans to offenders, according to a report.

    The report, published by the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, wants sports authorities to adopt a zero-tolerance approach at all levels.

    In highlighting football, it said attitudes in sport in general are out of step with wider society.

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  • Guardian: Catholics are again Scotland's oppressed minority by Kevin McKenna
    February 12th, 2017

    In the post-Brexit chaos that has engulfed Westminster, campaigners for Scottish independence have gathered for a feast. A second referendum on independence is now inevitable following the UK government's determination to pursue a hard Brexit, while ignoring all requests from Scotland that its pro-European aspirations be represented in negotiations. 

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  • Guardian: The Observer view on fatherhood
    February 12th, 2017

    Family is by far the most important influence on a child’s life. Yet family policy is a relatively modern invention: 30 years ago, the state played a very limited role beyond the financial in directly supporting families. There have been many positive developments since then, but family policy continues to place too little emphasis on fatherhood.

    Neglectful and abusive fathers aside, research shows that better behavioural, emotional and academic outcomes for children are linked to greater quality and quantity of contact with their fathers. That is reinforced by reports from charities working with children from low-income backgrounds, who argue that boys in particular can suffer from the lack of a father figure in their lives.

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  • Times (£): Headmaster: I wish I'd told police of Smyth abuse fears
    February 12th, 2017

    A former headmaster of Winchester College has spoken of his regrets over not alerting police to allegations that an evangelical Christian barrister had violently abused pupils at the school.

    John Thorn, 91, said he also felt to blame for acting "too slowly" before he banned John Smyth QC, 75, from entering the school or contacting its pupils.

    His admission follows an "unreserved and unequivocal" apology by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the church's failure to report allegations of sadomasochistic attacks by Smyth on boys at Christian summer camps in the late 1970s. Welby, 61, worked at the camps, which were run by the Iwerne Trust, headed by Smyth, but was unaware of the claims at the time.

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  • Times (£): With this VR set I thee... couple to wed virtually
    February 12th, 2017

    The wedding will take place in a bar in Cardiff, but when it comes to the part where the bride and groom seal their union with a kiss, there may be an awkward clanking of virtual reality (VR) headsets.

    When Martin Shervington and Elisa Evans are married in front of 50 friends and family members in May they intend to transport themselves to an imaginary world hatched by a Silicon Valley computer, while their wedding guests watch them lurching about in cumbersome hi-tech headgear.

    For the guests it will still be a Cardiff bar, but for the adventurous bride and groom their vows will be exchanged in a digital recreation of a futuristic nightclub beside a undulating lava lake.

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  • Express: Government's intrusive "Wellbeing Surveys" quizzes school pupils on habits at home
    February 12th, 2017

    PRIMARY pupils are being quizzed in the classroom about how much alcohol their parents drink, how many toys and computer games they have and even how often they are allowed Irn Bru.

    The “Wellbeing Surveys” are part of the SNP Government's Realigning Children's Services programme and also ask youngsters in P5 to P7: "How often do you feel that your life is going well?"

    They are also asked how often they brush their teeth, whether their parents have "bad fights" and if they have a garden to play in.

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  • Times (£): IVF may be rationed to cut costs
    February 12th, 2017

    Fertility treatments in some areas could be restricted to couples who have had cancer treatments or have serious viral infections such as HIV.

    A new proposal drawn up by a clinical commissioning group (CCG) in southwest London recommends restricting in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to patients in exceptional circumstances to help save £13m in the next financial year. Under the money-saving option proposed by Richmond CCG, fertility treatment would no longer be routinely available, but limited to patients with particular conditions.

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  • Reuters: Protesters face off as U.S. abortion debate heats up
    February 11th, 2017

    Anti-abortion protesters rallied at scores of Planned Parenthood clinics on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the health services provider of federal funding, while supporters of the organization staged counter-demonstrations around the United States.

    With anti-abortion groups expecting protests at up to 225 clinics, Planned Parenthood supporters organized 150 protests of their own at parks, government buildings and other sites, including clinics. At some of those clinics, the counter-demonstrators outnumbered those demanding an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

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