A proposal on the principle of "assisted dying" has been defeated in the National Assembly - after just 12 AMs supported it in a Senedd debate.
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December 10th, 2014
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December 10th, 2014
Peer warns widespread polygamy being ‘condoned’ as report claims many Muslim women trapped in legal limbo
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December 9th, 2014
Labour leader Ed Miliband says he is "so proud" that his party has selected a transgender parliamentary candidate to stand in May's general election.
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December 8th, 2014
Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper says that pro-life campaigners should be banned from harassing women attending abortion clinics
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December 8th, 2014
Broadcaster Roger Bolton explains why we need to keep the faith...
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December 8th, 2014
Marriage Foundation think-tank says Coalition has fluffed its own ‘family test’ by adding to 'perverse' financial incentives for couples to live apart.
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December 7th, 2014
It is the biggest religious festival of the year, the moment when more than two billion Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus.
But a glance at the official Christmas cards sent out by Britain’s local councils this year seems to suggest the occasion is apparently best celebrated without any reference to religion - or often even mention of the word ‘Christmas’ itself.
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December 7th, 2014
They teach that people should love their neighbour but a major new study shows that churches are one of the few places most modern Britons might even meet them.
Ground-breaking new analysis of the friendship networks of almost 4,300 people aged from 13 to 80 has identified churches and sporting events as the last bastions of neighbourliness and integration in Britain.
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December 6th, 2014
A doctor has appeared in court accused of offering an abortion based on an unborn child's gender in a private prosecution launched by a pro-life campaigner.
Dr Prabha Sivaraman, 46, appeared at Manchester Magistrates Court yesterday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK.
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December 4th, 2014
A child born with foetal alcohol syndrome is not legally entitled to compensation after her mother drank excessively while pregnant, the Court of Appeal has ruled.