Fifteen years ago, Orkney had one of the worst teenage pregnancy rates in Scotland - only Glasgow and Tayside were higher.
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May 29th, 2009
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May 29th, 2009
Citing Pullman as one of his favourite modern writers, Dr Rowan Williams said he liked his work because it took the church "seriously" at a time when theology was "drifting out" of mainstream thought.
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May 29th, 2009
A look at recent cases of abortion-related violence.
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May 29th, 2009
The BBC has offered to pay ?30,000 and apologise to the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims that it encourages the killing of British troops.
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May 29th, 2009
The founder and former head of the activist Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has been named assistant deputy secretary at the Department of Education after serving on President Barack Obama's campaign.
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May 29th, 2009
There is something chilling about the way Christian liberals are using secular orthodoxies to stamp out traditional and biblical beliefs in their own church. Canon Giles Fraser told government minister, Maria Eagle, at last week?s ?Faith, Homophobia and Human Rights? conference that there was absolutely no difference between these traditional beliefs on homosexuality and abusive homophobic chanting on the football terraces.
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May 29th, 2009
The Church of Sweden, which offers a special blessing for same-sex couples, has faced criticism from some other Lutheran churches, particularly those in African countries.
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May 29th, 2009
A government safer sex campaign aimed at teenagers has been branded a "gimmicky" waste of taxpayers' money.
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May 28th, 2009
The groundbreaking operation brought significant improvements in vision within a matter of weeks. The procedure uses a person's own cells to heal damage to the cornea - the transparent outermost layer of the eye.
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May 28th, 2009
A woman of 66 has given birth to a baby boy - making her Britain's oldest new mother.