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The BBC came under fire last night for giving a member of hate preacher Anjem Choudary’s inner circle two hours of air time in a reality show dubbed Big Brother for Muslims.
Convicted fraudster and ex-boxing champion Anthony Small has previously expressed support for Islamic State but was cleared last year of plotting to join the terror group.
Now known as Abdul Haqq since converting to Islam, he will take part next month in a two-part series called Muslims Like Us in prime time on BBC 2.
Nearly all costly add-on treatments offered by UK fertility clinics to increase the chance of a birth through IVF are not supported by high-quality evidence proving that they work, a study has revealed.
The findings are the result of research commissioned by BBC Panorama and conducted by Oxford University's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, world experts in assessing medical studies.
On average, only one in four cycles of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) across all age groups results in a live birth.
Despite attempts by social networks to clamp down on child porn, some Twitter users have been swapping illegal images and have used tweets to sexualise otherwise innocent photos.
They begin as innocuous selfies or pictures taken by friends or family members. But in the eyes of a small cohort of warped Twitter users, they become something else entirely.
The BBC is "coming up short" in religious broadcasting, risking failing to take faith seriously in an era where it is essential the public understand it, a senior broadcaster has warned.
Roger Bolton, a producer and BBC Radio 4 presenter, said he has become "worried" about the output of the corporation and its "whole approach" to religion.
Arguing religion could no longer be seen as a declining influence in the world, he added it is essential for the BBC to promote knowledge and understanding of different faiths.
A Christian teaching assistant was disciplined after telling a pupil that she did not like the way the biblical rainbow symbol had been adopted as an emblem of gay pride.
Vicky Allen, 51, also told the pupil, a 14-year-old autistic boy, that she disapproved of same-sex relationships.
Tomorrow she will seek to overturn the disciplinary action, which left her with a formal written warning on her record for 12 months. She is also seeking compensation for injury to feelings when the case comes before Bodmin magistrates’ court.
Britain's biggest cinema chain is to show films on Christmas Day, provoking anger from Church leaders.
The Odeon group has scheduled more than 120 screenings in 20 of its cinemas on Sunday, December 25 – some of which will clash with services.
Cinemas were heavily criticised last year for refusing to show a short Church of England advertisement featuring the Archbishop of Canterbury and others reciting lines from the Lord’s Prayer.
A Christian teaching assistant in Cornwall is challenging a decision to discipline her after sharing her views with a pupil.
Vicky Allen, 51, told a 14-year-old autistic student she was unhappy with the way the Biblical rainbow symbol is used to represent gay pride.
She also told the student she did not approve of same-sex relationships.
It’s two in the afternoon on a busy south London street. I’ve just arrived here with a photographer friend, Eleanor, and our “models” – two obliging young women. Both Layla and Rahima are wearing all-enveloping black gowns and niqabs – face veils that reveal only their eyes. They won’t be striking any poses; just walking casually along the pavement or crossing the street. Nothing to worry anyone. And so we begin. Suddenly, we notice a bald man in his sixties, just a few feet away, making unmistakably rude gestures at us.
October 1. Two migrants raped a 23-year-old woman in Lüneburg as she was walking in a park with her young child. The men, who remain at large, forced the child to watch while they took turns assaulting the woman.
October 2. A 19-year-old migrant raped a 90-year-old woman as she was leaving a church in downtown Düsseldorf. Police initially described the suspect as "a Southern European with North African roots." It later emerged that the man is a Moroccan with a Spanish passport.
The Government’s equalities watchdog has hit out at politically correct public bodies and employers who victimise Christians because they fear offending others.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to publish a major new report next week, seen by The Mail on Sunday, criticising overzealous organisations that unnecessarily drop references to Christmas or discipline believers who wear crosses at work.