Australian police have charged a 30-year-old woman with attempted murder after she abandoned her newborn baby in a drain in western Sydney.
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November 24th, 2014
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November 19th, 2014
Growing numbers of older people are being plunged into loneliness by divorce, a report warned yesterday.
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November 12th, 2014
Religious organisations penetrating Scottish schools to teach creationism is a problem that can no longer be ignored, according to the Scottish Secular Society (SSS).
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November 11th, 2014
A legal fight in Scotland’s highest civil court starts today to block an SNP plan to assign every child a state guardian over claims it rides roughshod over parents’ rights to raise their children how they see fit.
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November 11th, 2014
The UK's highest court will hear legal arguments on whether midwives have a right to refuse to take any part in abortion procedures on moral grounds.
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November 11th, 2014
Two Pakistani teenagers have confessed to murdering their mother and stepsisters 'in the name of honour', local police have said.
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November 11th, 2014
The launch of a report into extremism on higher education campuses is cancelled by a London university, prompting claims of censorship and political correctness.
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November 11th, 2014
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, head of Italian Bishops Conference, says that civil unions between gay men and women "confuse people", in perceived attack on Italian mayors who recognise gay marriage
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November 10th, 2014
When Jamie and Louis, both transsexual, decided to marry, they also chose to allow TV cameras to record the often rocky run-up to the big day. They tell Kate Hilpern why they did it.
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November 10th, 2014
A gay couple are to become parents to three children by three women they met via surrogacy websites.