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Oxford University is replacing portraits of famous men with gay, female and black icons to counter its 'male, pale and stale' image, it has emerged.
Earlier this year David Cameron, the Prime Minister, led calls for the university to take more ethnic minority students as figures revealed Oxford had only taken 27 black undergraduate students in 2014.
It followed calls from the Rhodes Must Fall movement to 'decolonise' the university's curriculum.
She won the nation’s hearts as a 17-year-old when she became the youngest ever contestant on The Great British Bake Off.
But the 16-hour days in the Bake Off tent, combined with the pressure of studying for her AS levels, left Martha Collison ‘almost delirious’.
Her hectic schedule led to tears when judge Mary Berry criticised the 'soggy bottom' of one of her tarts. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday's You magazine, Martha, now 19, says: 'I was determined not to cry because I wanted to show that young people are resilient, but I did eventually break down.'
Hundreds people marched to Leinster House on Sunday calling for an end to religious discrimination in State-funded schools.
The march was organised by Education Equality; an organisation established to campaign for equality in the provision of education for all children, regardless of religion.
Paddy Monahan, a parent from Raheny in Dublin said the baptism barrier must be removed.
Minister for Education Richard Bruton is drawing up plans to encourage the Catholic Church to transfer the patronage of hundreds of primary schools to other models, including State-run schools.
THE moderator of the Free Church of Scotland has been denounced as homophobic for claiming LGBT campaigners are trying to “indoctrinate children” by teaching them about gay relationships in schools in order to end discrimination.
Reverend David Robertson said children should not be introduced to ideas about gay or transgender relationships by their class teachers.
Campaign group Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) is calling for mandatory education of LGBT issues to be brought in to schools as young people are self-harming and taking their own lives as a result of homophobia and transphobia.
Two British athletes born male are on the verge of making history by competing in women’s events at next month’s Olympic Games, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
If selected, the unnamed pair will become the world’s first transgender Olympians at Rio.
But worryingly for British sports fans, they have revealed they are so fearful of being exposed and ridiculed under the Olympic spotlight, they would 'probably drop back' if they found themselves in a medal-winning position.
Their inclusion in Team GB will be hailed as a remarkable human rights victory – but it will also ignite controversy, with critics arguing that male-to-female competitors have an unfair biological advantage in terms of size, muscle mass and lung capacity.
It would certainly be a revelation - but not of the kind to be found in the Bible.
The Church of England is considering changing ecclesiastical law specifically to make it illegal for clergy appearing at the altar dressed in overly revealing clothing.
While the prospect of vicars in lacy underwear or bishops in mankinis might seem outlandish - at least in most congregations - it is an apparent peril which has so vexed Church officials that they are planning to amend canon law to prevent it – just in case.
A new law takes effect in Norway this weekend, enabling trans people to legally change their gender with just one form.
The new gender recognition law was debated and passed in Norway on 6 June.
Taking effect yesterday, 1 July 2016, it allows adults over 16 to legally change their gender with just a form.
As more and more Muslims continue to turn to Jesus Christ in what has become a global phenomenon, Christian ministries from the United States, Europe and the Middle East are joining together in prayer for God to supernaturally reach out to more Muslims with His message of love.
Groups such as 838 Ministries, CBN News, Iran Alive, Voice of the Martyrs, Global Hope, Crescent Project, and Isik Abla Ministries are linking up in prayer, hoping that more Muslims will follow the path of Christ in the last days of Ramadan this year, which ends on July 7.
FRANCE has moved a step closer to an outright ban on smacking after MPs voted in favour of an amendment prohibiting 'the use of physical violence' against children.
The amendment to the Equality and Citizenship bill, adopted on Friday, included a clarification of parental authority in the Civil Code that specifically excludes 'any cruel, degrading or humiliating act, including any use of physical violence'.
A two-year-old British girl is thought to have become the world’s youngest cancer patient to have her eggs frozen in an attempt to safeguard her fertility.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can have a devastating impact on ovaries, leaving many women struggling to conceive in later life. Many choose to freeze their eggs before they start treatment.
Researchers in Oxford are pioneering a new method that involves harvesting immature eggs from the ovaries, maturing them in a dish and then preserving them cryogenically.