A new internet watchdog has been launched to help protect children from "harmful" web content, such as cyber-bullying and violent video games, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).
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September 29th, 2008
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September 29th, 2008
The answer to behavioural problems such as ADHD may not lie in the drug cabinet, writes Bernadette Tynan.
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September 29th, 2008
British children as young as nine are being forced to marry against their will by their families, campaigners have warned.
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September 29th, 2008
The Family Research Council has produced a highly detailed voter guide focussing on the issues important to the family so as to discover the depth of each candidate's position.
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September 29th, 2008
Police are holding three suspected terrorists after a weekend arson attack at the London home of the publisher of a novel about the Prophet Mohamed's child bride.
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September 29th, 2008
The BBC should be at the forefront of tackling the issue of 'Broken Britain' by actively promoting social policies and radically looking again at its programmes it offers to young people or risk part of its licence fee, according to the Conservatives.
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September 28th, 2008
A terminally ill woman will this week launch a landmark legal battle to ensure that her husband is not prosecuted for helping her travel abroad to end her life.
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September 28th, 2008
"They're underground but not invisible," Bishop Porter told the BBC News website. "They deserve to know that God is interested in them."
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September 28th, 2008
A Muslim said he is suing Tesco for religious discrimination because he was asked to handle crates of alcohol in a warehouse.
Mohammed Ahmed, 32, was employed at the supermarket giant's Lichfield depot in September last year for a job that included transporting various goods on fork-lift trucks. -
September 28th, 2008
Research at Oxford University has found believers can draw on their religion to endure suffering with greater fortitude, suggesting Christian martyrs may have been able to reduce the agony of torture or slow death.